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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GLIMPSE OF A CHILDHOOD, by RAINER MARIA RILKE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The darkness in the room is pregnant, seeming Last Line: Move on the snow-white keys. Subject(s): Children; Childhood | |||
The darkness in the room is pregnant, seeming To fold about the boy who hides himself; And when his mother enters, as if dreaming, A glass is trembling on the quiet shelf. She feels that now her entrance is betrayed, And kisses her small boy: "Oh, you are there!" ... They glance at the piano where she played On many evenings the beloved air That strangely on the child its magic laid. He sits quite still. With wondering eyes he sees Her hand, weighed down beneath the ring, and slow, As if it walked against a gale through snow, Move on the snow-white keys. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE |
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