Classic and Contemporary Poetry
R IS FOR REMEMBRANCE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: I have no memory of his face Last Line: There's some big giant lives in there!' Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Variant Title(s): A Memory Subject(s): Memory | ||||||||
I have no memory of his face, A bearded man or smooth and bare; I never heard my mother call My father either dark or fair. All I remember is a coat Of velvet, buttoned on his breast; Where I, when tired of fingering it, Would lay my childish head and rest. His voice was low and seldom heard, His body small -- I've heard it said; But his hoarse cough made children think Of monsters growling to be fed. If any children took that road, And heard my father coughing near, They whispered, 'Hist! Away, away -- There's some big giant lives in there!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND THE SAME QUESTION by JOHN HOLLANDER FORGET HOW TO REMEMBER HOW TO FORGET by JOHN HOLLANDER ON THAT SIDE by LAWRENCE JOSEPH MEMORY OF A PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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