Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE SUBWAY, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Chaos is tamed and ordered as we ride Last Line: Reading their papers calmly, leisurely. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Chaos; Insanity; Social Protest; Madness; Mental Illness | ||||||||
CHAOS is tamed and ordered as we ride; The rock is rent, the darkness flung aside And all the horrors of the deep defied. A coil of wires, a throb, a sudden spark And on a screaming meteor we embark That hurls us past the cold and breathless dark. The centuries disclose their secret graves Riding in splendor through a world of waves The ancient elements become our slaves. Uncanny fancies whisper to and fro; Terror and Night surround us here below, And through the house of Death we come and go... And here, oh wildest glimpse of all, I see The score of men and women facing me Reading their papers calmly, leisurely. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PARENTS OF PSYCHOTIC CHILDREN by MARVIN BELL VISITS TO ST. ELIZABETHS by ELIZABETH BISHOP FOR THE MAD by LUCILLE CLIFTON STONEHENGE by ALBERT GOLDBARTH DAY ROOM: ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL by MICHAEL S. HARPER SEELE IN RAUM by RANDALL JARRELL A BIRTHDAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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