Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Recitation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They are all gone away Last Line: There is nothing more to say. Subject(s): Decay; Desolation; Rot; Decadence | ||||||||
THEY are all gone away, The House is shut and still, There is nothing more to say. Through broken walls and gray The winds blow bleak and shrill: They are all gone away. Nor is there one to-day To speak them good or ill: There is nothing more to say. Why is it then we stray Around that sunken sill? They are all gone away, And our poor fancy-play For them is wasted skill: There is nothing more to say. There is ruin and decay In the House on the Hill: They are all gone away, There is nothing more to say. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PUT BACK THE DARK by MARVIN BELL PUTREFACTION by CHARLES BUKOWSKI WHAT COULD HAPPEN by DORIANNE LAUX SURFACE AND STRUCTURE: BONAVENTURE HOTEL, LOS ANGELES by KAREN SWENSON SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL PROCESSES: ODE TO ROT by JOHN UPDIKE A POEM FOR MAX NORDAU by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |
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