Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPISODE OF HANDS, by HAROLD HART CRANE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The unexpected interest made him flush Last Line: The two men smiled into each other's eyes. Alternate Author Name(s): Crane, Hart Subject(s): Hands; Industrial Accidents; Pain; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
The unexpected interest made him flush. Suddenly he seemed to forget the pain, Consented, - and held out One finger from the others. The gash was bleeding, and a shaft of sun That glittered in and out among the wheels, Fell lightly, warmly, down into the wound. And as the fingers of the factory owner's son, That knew a grip for books and tennis As well as one for iron and leather, - As his taut, spare fingers wound the gauze Around the thick bed of the wound, His own hands seemed to him Like wings of butterflies Flickeriung in sunlight over summer fields. The knots and notches, - many in the wide Deep hand that lay in his, seemed beautiful. They were like the marks of wild ponies' play, - Bunches of new green breaking a hard turf. And factory sounds and factory thoughts Were banished from him by that larger, qiueter hand That lay in his with the sun upon it. And as the bandaged knot was tightened The two men smiled into each other's eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR FORGETFULNESS by HAROLD HART CRANE PRAISE FOR AN URN; IN MEMORIAM: ERNEST NELSON by HAROLD HART CRANE |
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