Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOUTS-RIMES SONNET, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So I grew half delirious and quite sick Last Line: Creature had love for me, and others spite. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Death; Life; Sickness; Sleep; Dead, The; Illness | ||||||||
So I grew half delirious and quite sick, And thro' the darkness saw strange faces grin Of Monsters at me. One put forth a fin, And touched me clammily: I could not pick A quarrel with it: it began to lick My hand, making meanwhile a piteous din And shedding human tears: it would begin To near me, then retreat. I heard the quick Pulsation of my heart, I marked the fight Of life and death within me; then sleep threw Her veil around me; but this thing is true: When I awoke the sun was at his height, And I wept sadly, knowing that one new Creature had love for me, and others spite. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL AFTERNOON AT MACDOWELL by JANE KENYON HAVING IT OUT WITH MELANCHOLY by JANE KENYON SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES 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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