Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLIND, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: His headstrong thoughts that once in anger strife Last Line: Gropes with his staff along the rumbling city. Subject(s): Blindness; Soldiers' Writings; Visually Handicapped | ||||||||
HIS headstrong thoughts that once in eager strife Leapt sure from eye to brain and back to eye, Weaving unconscious tapestries of life, Are now thrust inward, dungeoned from the sky. And he who has watched his world and loved it all, Starless and old and blind, a sight for pity, With feeble steps and fingers on the wall, Gropes with his staff along the rumbling city. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLIND POET by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) HE HAD A GOOD YEAR by MARVIN BELL THE BLIND SHEEP by RANDALL JARRELL THE BLIND by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE BLIND DOG OF VENICE by RON PADGETT BATTLE AFTER WAR by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BOARDING: 5. THE DADAR SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND by REETIKA VAZIRANI |
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