Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALONE, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I've listened: and all the sounds I heard Last Line: I've thought!' -- and darkness hides my day. Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings | ||||||||
I'VE listened: and all the sounds I heard Were music, -- wind, and stream, and bird. With youth who sang from hill to hill I've listened: my heart is hungry still. I've looked: the morning world was green; Bright roofs and towers of town I've seen; And stars, wheeling through wingless night. I've looked: and my soul yet longs for light. I've thought: but in my sense survives Only the impulse of those lives That were my making. Hear me say 'I've thought!' -- and darkness hides my day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WORKING PARTY by SIEGFRIED SASSOON AFTERMATH by SIEGFRIED SASSOON BASE DETAILS by SIEGFRIED SASSOON BLIGHTERS by SIEGFRIED SASSOON COUNTER-ATTACK by SIEGFRIED SASSOON EVERYONE SANG by SIEGFRIED SASSOON FALLING ASLEEP by SIEGFRIED SASSOON |
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