Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISAGREEABLE ADVICE, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Always, sweetheart Last Line: Of mirth; then the dripping of tears on your glove. Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Variant Title(s): Irony Subject(s): Irony | ||||||||
ALWAYS, sweetheart, Carry into your room the blossoming boughs of cherry, Almond and apple and pear diffuse with light, that very Soon strews itself on the floor; and keep the radiance of spring Fresh quivering; keep the sunny-swift March-days waiting In a little throng at your door, and admit the one who is plaiting Her hair for womanhood, and play awhile with her, then bid her depart. A come and go of March-day loves Through the flower-vine, trailing screen; A fluttering in of doves. Then a launch abroad of shrinking doves Over the waste where no hope is seen Of open hands: Dance in and out Small-bosomed girls of the spring of love, With a bubble of laughter, and shrilly shout Of mirth; then the dripping of tears on your glove. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DREAM OF WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS by ROBERT BLY FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY IRONY IS NOT ENOUGH: ESSAY ON MY LIFE AS CATHERINE DENEUVE (2D DRAFT) by ANNE CARSON A PERIOD PORTRAIT OF SYMPATHY by EDWARD DORN LOOKING UP FROM TWO RENAISSANCE PAINTINGS TO MASSACRE TIANANMEN SQUARE by NORMAN DUBIE SONNET ENDING WITH A FILM SUBTITLE by MARILYN HACKER A MINOR CHARACTER IN AN OBSCURE LEGEND by PETER JOHNSON THE HERETIC: 2. IRONY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE RUINED MAID by THOMAS HARDY A BABY ASLEEP AFTER PAIN by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE |
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