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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO PLAY ALONE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: A tom tit clinging upside down
Last Line: Will teach me how to play alone?
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: A tom tit clinging upside down
Last Line: Will teach me how to play alone?
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
A Tom Tit clinging upside down,
Needs nothing more to raise his wonder;
A lonely Trout will play until
His own deep whirlpool sucks him under.
So when my money all is spent,
And all my merry friends are gone –
What little Tom Tit, Trout, or Child,
Will teach me how to play alone?
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