Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I met an old man at stow-on-the-wold Last Line: "and each was a tall and a lively lad." Subject(s): Death - Children; Fathers & Sons; Soldiers; Sons; War; Death - Babies | ||||||||
I met an old man at Stow-on-the-Wold, Who shook and shivered as though with cold. And he said to me: "Six sons I had, And each was a tall and a lively lad. "But all of them went to France with the guns, They went together, my six tall sons. "Six sons I had, six sons I had And each was a tall and a lively lad." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE |
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