Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROPER NOUNS, by JOHN E. REINECKE First Line: I cannot master the common nouns Last Line: Libyssa, or salmydessus. Subject(s): Grammar | ||||||||
I cannot master the common nouns With their shading, precisive meanings. But the proper nouns -- I need not understand them, Not even place them, I have but to see, to hear, to image them, And immediately they blare Or ring sonorous; Each reverberating, dissolving, in ten thousand echoes, Each word, whether it be Ermintrude, Kenya, or Alor Star, Libyssa, or Salmydessus. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 63 by PHILIP SIDNEY NO RULE TO BE AFRAID OF by BERTON BRALEY HOW GIRL WAS TOO RECKLESS OF GRAMMAR by GUY WETMORE CARRYL CLASSIFICATION by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS GRAMMAR by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON STEPS IN COMPOSITION: FOUR STUDENTS by DIANE AVERILL NAUGHTY PREPOSITION by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP GRAMMAR AND USAGE by CHALON EMMONS GRAMMAR LESSON by STANLEY JASSPON KUNITZ DEAD AT ELEVEN by JOHN E. REINECKE |
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