Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRICK, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: No answer, yet I called her name Last Line: And only death himself can prove. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
No answer, yet I called her name, I shook her, but no motion came, She showed no signs of having breath; When, in my fear, the light was sought, The hussy laughed: 'Is this,' I thought -- 'Some strange convulsion after death?' I could have murdered her that hour, To think that she had used such power In making me betray a love Secret and vast, and still unknown; A love half-dreamt, till life is done, And only Death himself can prove. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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