Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OF COURSE - I PRAYED, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Than this smart misery Subject(s): Prayer | ||||||||
Of Course - I prayed - And did God Care? He cared as much as on the Air A Bird - had stamped her foot - And cried "Give Me" - My Reason - Life - I had not had - but for Yourself - 'Twere better Charity To leave me in the Atom's Tomb - Merry, and Nought, and gay, and numb - Than this smart Misery. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY |
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