Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERMOMETER, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mine to watch the sun at work Last Line: At the mean point of 54 Subject(s): Thermometers | ||||||||
Mine to watch the sun at work Or if he hide in clouds & shirk I test the force of wood & bark, And keep the pitcoal to the mark On my white enamelled scale The warning numbers never fail From sixty up to seventy one The grades of household comfort run If they climb a hairsbreadth higher Fling wide the door, put out the fire, Each year will have its holidays Which I report nor blame nor praise Twice I dive twenty below zero Twice climb to heat would blacken Nero But health & heart will prosper more At the mean point of 54 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BACCHUS by RALPH WALDO EMERSON 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 |
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