Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE REASON, by HERVEY ALDIS First Line: They asked me what ailed her Last Line: "of too much blossoming." Subject(s): Apples; Death; Fruit; Trees; Dead, The | ||||||||
They asked me what ailed her And why her brightness faded, Why her singing thoughts became Dull thoughts and jaded. And I remembered long ago Standing in long grass And listening to our gardener tell Of things that pass. He spoke of two young apple-trees That shriveled up one spring. "They died," he said, "Of too much blossoming." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND THE BEACON; A MUSICAL DRAMA by JOANNA BAILLIE |
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