Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OCTAVES: 22, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The prophet of dead words defeats himself: Last Line: Of anguish to the liberated man. Subject(s): Writing & Writers | ||||||||
Forbodings are the fiends of Recreance; The master of the moment, the clean seer Of ages, too securely scans what is Ever to be appalled at what is not; He sees beyond the groaning borough lines Of Hell, God's highways gleaming, and he knows That Love's complete communion is the end Of anguish to the liberated man. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CELL, SELECTION by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 126: THE DOUBTING MAN by LYN HEJINIAN WAKING THE MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP by JANE HIRSHFIELD COMPULSIVE QUALIFICATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD DEUTSCH DURCH FREUD by RANDALL JARRELL LET THEM ALONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS A POEM FOR MAX NORDAU by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |
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