Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LEAVES OF A MAGAZINE, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They open of their own will to the place Last Line: Of buccaneering in the olden time. Subject(s): Kidd, William (captain) (1645-1701) | ||||||||
They open of their own will to the place Where Captain Kidd stands with averted face And folded arms, as solid as an oak, His loosely knotted sash and scarlet cloak Encircling him, and flapping in the breeze That lines the withered, undulating seas. Upon the page across from him, a frame Of knives lie point to point about the name Of a dim verse fantastically made In praise of him,a ragged block of shade; A block of shade, with blurs and puckers where Admiring hands have often brought to bear Their pressure on the picture and the rhyme Of buccaneering in the olden time. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I MAY, I MIGHT, I MUST by MARIANNE MOORE PEDANTIC LITERALIST by MARIANNE MOORE TO AN INTRA-MURAL RAT by MARIANNE MOORE NOTHING WILL CURE THE SICK LION BUT TO EAT AN APE' by MARIANNE MOORE A FOOL, A FOUL THING, A DISTRESSFUL LUNATIC by MARIANNE MOORE |
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