Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONVERSATION GALANTE, by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I observe: 'our sentimental friend the moon!' Last Line: "and -- ""are we then so serious?" Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, T. S. | ||||||||
I OBSERVE: "Our sentimental friend the moon! Or possibly (fantastic, I confess) It may be Prester John's balloon Or an old battered lantern hung aloft To light poor travellers to their distress." She then: "How you digress!" And I then: "Someone frames upon the keys That exquisite nocturne, with which we explain The night and moonshine; music which we seize To body forth our own vacuity." She then: "Does this refer to me?" "Oh no, it is I who am inane." "You, madam, are the eternal humorist, The eternal enemy of the absolute, Giving our vagrant moods the slightest twist! With your air indifferent and imperious At a stroke our mad poetics to confute -- " And -- "Are we then so serious?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOUR QUARTETS: BURNT NORTON by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT GERONTION by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT HYSTERIA by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT PRELUDES: 1-4 (COMPLETE) by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT RHAPSODY ON A WINDY NIGHT by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT SWEENEY AMONG THE NIGHTINGALES by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT THE BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT THE HIPPOPOTAMUS by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT THE WASTE LAND (1-5, COMPLETE) by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT |
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