Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY LANTERN, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The banners unfurled by the warden Last Line: So noisy, familiar, and safe by day. | ||||||||
The banners unfurled by the warden Float Up high in the air and sink down; the Moat Is black as a plume on a casque; my Light, Like a patch of high light on a flask, makes Night A gibbering goblin that bars the way So noisy, familiar, and safe by day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PEDANTIC LITERALIST by MARIANNE MOORE TO AN INTRA-MURAL RAT by MARIANNE MOORE NOTHING WILL CURE THE SICK LION BUT TO EAT AN APE' by MARIANNE MOORE A FOOL, A FOUL THING, A DISTRESSFUL LUNATIC by MARIANNE MOORE APPELLATE JURISDICTION by MARIANNE MOORE COUNSEIL TO A BACHELER by MARIANNE MOORE DILIGENCE IS TO MAGIC AS PROGRESS IS TO FLIGHT by MARIANNE MOORE |
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