Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO VOICES, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There's something in the air, he said Last Line: "and still ""we're going south, man,"" deadly near." Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): World War I; First World War | ||||||||
"THERE'S something in the air," he said In the large parlour cool and bare; The plain words in his hearers bred A tumult, yet in silence there All waited; wryly gay, he left the phrase, Ordered the march and bade us go our ways. "We're going South, man"; as he spoke The howitzer with huge ping-bang Racked the light hut; as thus he broke The death-news, bright the skylarks sang; He took his riding-crop and humming went Among the apple-trees all bloom and scent. Now far withdraws the roaring night Which wrecked our flower after the first Of those two voices; misty light Shrouds Thiepval Wood and all its worst: But still "There's something in the air" I hear, And still "We're going South, man," deadly near. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN ALMSWOMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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