Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE KNITTING, by MARGARET BARBER First Line: What will it be when I am done?' she said Last Line: "I should go mad more quickly; so I knit." Subject(s): Duty | ||||||||
"What will it be when I am done?" she said, "A self-compounded morphine of the soul; A sedative administered by self For want of any other to prescribe. The stitches small? Yes, you may find them so, And even; as the restless work of hands Which find no meaning in the task they do Sometimes may be. Having no larger goal, They seek to do a small thing perfectly; Hoping some miracle may make it seem Important to themselves. Were I to watch this window, here, and sit, I should go mad more quickly; so I knit." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEDICINE 2; FOR JOHN MURRAY by CAROLYN KIZER AND THEY OBEY by CARL SANDBURG STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING by ROBERT FROST BY THE RIVERS by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN TO LUCASTA, [ON] GOING TO THE WARS by RICHARD LOVELACE FOR THE UNION DEAD by ROBERT LOWELL APPARENT FAILURE by ROBERT BROWNING |
|