Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANSWER TO A KIND ENQUIRY, by MARY HOLTBY First Line: O, what can ail thee, knight at arms Last Line: And feel so sick. Subject(s): Keats, John (1795-1821); Knights & Knighthood; Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
O, what can ail thee, knight at arms, Alone and palely loitering? I suffer intestinal qualms And heartburn's sting. These haggard cheeks, this fevered brow My inner turbulence proclaim, And antiperistalsis now 'S my only aim. Last night my military mates And I made merry in the Mess; Ah, he who so participates Should shun excess! The blushful Hippocrene flowed on, I leapt the chairs a shade too quick And that is why I look so wan And feel so sick. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB |
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