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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARSH MUSIC, by KENNETH SLADE ALLING First Line: A thread of sea is sewn in the green land Last Line: Of the sea's sound -- attenuated clang. Subject(s): Blackbirds; Sea; Swamps; Ocean; Bogs; Fens; Marshes | |||
A thread of sea is sewn in the green land -- Bright, narrow water winding through a low Sea-marsh that smells of tidal overflow, That pungent silver smell marsh-birds demand. And there are many birds, snipe from the sand, Blackbirds and bitterns, and the marsh reeds grow And scrape against our boat as if a bow Rubbed on a violin -- some curious hand Makes thus a music, vibrant, sweetly harsh -- A dim, hard tune -- an almost elfin twang, An eerie emanation from the marsh, Inherent, hidden, moving in the maze; Profound though thin as if there were a trace Of the sea's sound -- attenuated clang. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HANDSOME SWAMP by THOMAS LUX BOGLAND; FOR T.P. FLANAGAN by SEAMUS HEANEY HYMNS OF THE MARSHES: MARSH SONG - AT SUNSET by SIDNEY LANIER HYMNS OF THE MARSHES: SUNRISE by SIDNEY LANIER HYMNS OF THE MARSHES: THE MARSHES OF GLYNN by SIDNEY LANIER IN A JON BOAT DURING A FLORIDA DAWN by DAVID BOTTOMS SOUNDING HARVEY CREEK by DAVID BOTTOMS A PRESENCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING |
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