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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 5, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I should learn, in some quite casual way Last Line: Where to store furs and how to treat the hair. Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs. Variant Title(s): "witch-wife: 2;""if I Should Learn, In Some Quite Casual Way""; | |||
If I should learn, in some quite casual way, That you were gone, not to return again -- Read from the back-page of a paper, say, Held by a neighbor in a subway train, How at the corner of this avenue And such a street (so are the papers filled) A hurrying man -- who happened to be you -- At noon to-day had happened to be killed, I should not cry aloud -- I could not cry Aloud, or wring my hands in such a place -- I should but watch the station lights rush by With a more careful interest on my face, Or raise my eyes and read with greater care Where to store furs and how to treat the hair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALMS by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY ASSAULT by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY BURIAL by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY CITY TREES by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY EBB by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY ELAINE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY ELEGY BEFORE DEATH by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY EXILED by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY FIRST FIG by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY GOD'S WORLD by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY |
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