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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EARTHY ANECDOTE, by WALLACE STEVENS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Every time the bucks went clattering
Subject(s): Deer
First Line: Every time the bucks went clattering
Subject(s): Deer
Every time the bucks went clattering
Over Oklahoma
A firecat bristled in the way.
Wherever they went,
They went clattering,
Until they swerved,
In a swift, circular line,
To the right,
Because of the firecat.
Or until they swerved,
In a swift, circular line,
To the left,
Because of the firecat.
The bucks clattered.
The firecat went leaping,
To the right, to the left,
And
Bristled in the way.
Later, the firecat closed his bright eyes
And slept.
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