Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUATRAIN: ROME, by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN Poet's Biography First Line: Above the circus of the world she sat Last Line: Shrieked at her feet and for her pastime died. Subject(s): Rome, Italy | ||||||||
Above the circus of the world she sat, Beautiful and base, a harlot crowned with pride: Fierce nations, upon whom she sneered and spat, Shrieked at her feet and for her pastime died. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS ROMAN ELEGIES by JOSEPH BRODSKY ROMAN DIARY: 1951 by JOHN CIARDI VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 7. ROME by SARA TEASDALE ROMANESQUE ARCHES by TOMAS TRANSTROMER AN APARTMENT WITH A VIEW by JOHN CIARDI MANIFEST DESTINY by JORIE GRAHAM RUINES OF ROME by JOACHIM DU BELLAY KU KLUX by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN |
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