Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How comes it, flora, that, whenever we Last Line: Natural affinity. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Luck | ||||||||
HOW comes it, Flora, that, whenever we Play cards together, you invariably, However the pack parts, Still hold the Queen of Hearts? I've scanned you with a scrutinizing gaze, Resolved to fathom these your secret ways: But, sift them as I will, Your ways are secret still. I cut and shuffle; shuffle, cut, again; But all my cutting, shuffling, proves in vain: Vain hope, vain forethought too; That Queen still falls to you. I dropped her once, prepense; but, ere the deal Was dealt, your instinct seemed her loss to feel: 'There should be one card more,' You said, and searched the floor. I cheated once; I made a private notch In Heart-Queen's back, and kept a lynx-eyed watch; Yet such another back Deceived me in the pack: The Queen of Clubs assumed by arts unknown An imitative dint that seemed my own; This notch, not of my doing, Misled me to my ruin. It baffles me to puzzle out the clue, Which must be skill, or craft, or luck in you: Unless, indeed, it be Natural affinity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND THE FORTUNATE SPILL by MARILYN NELSON MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TODO by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE SOME SAY YOU'RE LUCKY by GREGORY ORR THE LIFE OF TOWNS: LUCK TOWN by ANNE CARSON OF MONEY by BARNABY (BARNABE) GOOGE 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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