Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A SNAIL, by MARIANNE MOORE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If 'compression is the first grace of style' Last Line: In the curious phenomenon of your occipital horn. Subject(s): Snails | ||||||||
If "compression is the first grace of style," you have it. Contractility is a virtue as modesty is a virtue. It is not the acquisition of any one thing that is able to adorn, or the incidental quality that occurs as a concomitant of something well said, that we value in style, but the principle that is hid: in the absence of feet, "a method of conclusions;" "a knowledge of principles," in the curious phenomenon of your occipital horn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CROWS WHO TRY TO BE CORMORANTS DROWN by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH THE QUEST OF THE PURPLE-RINGED by ROBERT FROST FOR A FIVE-YEAR-OLD by KAREN FLEUR ADCOCK LITTLE SNAIL by HILDA CONKLING I MAY, I MIGHT, I MUST by MARIANNE MOORE |
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