Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON TALK OF PEACE AT THIS TIME, by ROBERT FROST Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: France. France, I know not what is in my heart Last Line: Is made secure for us and hell is thwarted. Subject(s): France; Peace; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
France. France, I know not what is in my heart. But God forbid that I should be more brave As watcher from a quiet place apart Than you are fighting in an open grave. I will not ask more of you than you ask O Bravest, of yourself. But shall I less? You know the depth of your appointed task Whether you still can bear its bloodiness. Not mine to say you shall not think of peace. Not mine, not mine: I almost know your pain. But I will not believe that you will cease, Nor will I bid you cease, from being slain Till everything that might have been distorted Is made secure for us and Hell is thwarted. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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