Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KNOWLEDGE, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Men say they know many things Last Line: Is all that anybody knows. Subject(s): Life Change Events | ||||||||
Men say they know many things But lo! they have taken wings, The arts & sciences. And a thousand appliances -- The wind that blows Is all that anybody knows. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CITY IN WHICH I WAS BORN WAS DESTROYED BY CANNON by YEHUDA AMICHAI AT FIRST I WAS GIVEN by MARGARET ATWOOD THE WORLD'S A STAGE by HILAIRE BELLOC LEARNING TO TALK by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE NEWBORN by CECIL DAY LEWIS SOMEBODY'LL HAV' TO SHOOT YA DOWN' by NORMAN DUBIE AFTER THREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF BRASSAI by NORMAN DUBIE |
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