Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUPERNATURAL SONGS: 6. HE AND SHE, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As the moon sidles up Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Soul | ||||||||
As the moon sidles up Must she sidle up, As trips the scared moon Away must she trip: His light had struck me blind Dared I stop'. She sings as the moon sings: I am I, am I; The greater grows my light The further that I fly'. All creation shivers With that sweet cry | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRUEL FALCON by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WHOLE SOUL by PHILIP LEVINE I KNOW MY SOUL by CLAUDE MCKAY HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE EXHUMATION by ANNE CARSON SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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