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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHADOW OF DEATH, by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Here's an end to my art! / I must die and I know it
Last Line: I may father no longer!
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
First Line: Here's an end to my art! / I must die and I know it
Last Line: I may father no longer!
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
Here's an end to my art!
I must die and I know it,
With battle murder at my heart --
Sad death for a poet!
Oh my songs never sung,
And my plays to darkness blown!
I am still so young, so young,
And life was my own.
Some bad fairy stole
The baby I nursed:
Was this my pretty little soul,
This changeling accursed?
To fight and kill is wrong --
To stay at home wronger:
Oh soul, little play and song,
I may father no longer!
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