Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A ROUNDEL SEEMS TO FIT A ROUND OF DAYS, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: In building up, all poets to amaze Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Roundels; Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
A roundel seems to fit a round of days Be they the days of upright man or scoundrel: Allow me to construct then in your praise A roundel. (This flower of wit turns out a weed like groundsel: Yet deign to welcome it, as loftiest bays Grown on the shore of Girvan's ocean groundswell.) Accept the love that underlies the lays; Condone the barbarous rhymes that will not sound well In building up, all Poets to amaze. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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