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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOONRISE, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I awoke in the midsummer not to call night Last Line: Parted me leaf and leaf, divided me, ' eyelid and eyelid of slumber. Subject(s): Moon | |||
I AWOKE in the Midsummer not to call night, in the white and the walk of the morning: The moon, dwindled and thinned to the fringe ' of a finger-nail held to the candle, Or paring of paradisaïcal fruit, ' lovely in waning but lustreless, Stepped from the stool, drew back from the barrow, ' of dark Maenefa the mountain; A cusp still clasped him, a fluke yet fanged him, ' entangled him, not quit utterly. This was the prized, the desirable sight, ' unsought, presented so easily, Parted me leaf and leaf, divided me, ' eyelid and eyelid of slumber. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN THE MOON AND THE SPECTATOR by LEONIE ADAMS FULL MOON by KARLE WILSON BAKER NO MORE OF THE MOON by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP THE DEPARTURE by DENISE LEVERTOV THE MOON IN GREECE by TIMOTHY LIU ABYSS by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS |
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