Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BEAUTIFUL LADY, by ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We like to listen to her dress Last Line: "miss josephine is going by." Subject(s): Beauty; Women | ||||||||
We like to listen to her dress; It makes a whisper by her feet. Her little pointed shoes are gray; She hardly lets them touch the street. Sometimes she has a crumpled fan. Her hat is silvered on the crown, And there are roses by the brim That nod and tremble up and down. She comes along the pavement walk, And in a moment she is gone. She hardly ever looks at us, But once she smiled and looked at John. And so we run to see her pass And watch her through the fence, and I Can hear the other whispering, "Miss Josephine is going by." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV FIREFLY; A SONG by ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS |
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