Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEPTEMBER, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the turbulent beauty Last Line: To a man and to a maid. Variant Title(s): South Wind | ||||||||
In the turbulent beauty Of a gusty autumn day, Poet in a wood-crowned headland Sighed his soul away. Farms the sunny landscape dappled, Swan-down clouds dappled the farms, Cattle lowed in hazy distance Where far oaks outstretched their arms. Sudden gusts came full of meaning, All too much to him they said; -- Southwinds have long memories, Of that be none afraid. I cannot tell rude listeners Half the telltale Southwind said, T'would bring the blushes of yon maples To a man and to a maid. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOSTON HYMN; READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY 1, 1863 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON CONCORD HYMN; SUNG AT COMPLETION OF CONCORD MONUMENT, 1836 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON DIRGE (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EACH AND [OR, IN] ALL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EROS (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON FABLE: THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON |
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