Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN MEMORIAM: STEPHANE MALLARME, by FRANCIS VIELE-GRIFFIN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If they said to you: 'master!' Last Line: To utter wordsagainst the tomb. Subject(s): Mallarme, Stephane (1842-1898) | ||||||||
Threnody If they said to you: "Master! The day is breaking; Here is another dawn, yet the same, pale; Master, I have opened the window, the hillside is gleaming; Dawn is lifting the eastern veil: The day is waking!" I think I should hear you say, "I am dreaming." If they said to you: "Master, we are here, Vital and strong, Here at your door as at evensong; We have come laughing, looking ahead To the smile and the handclasp strong;" They would answer, "The master is dead." Flowers of my garden round, Flowers like the leaves of a book, Flowers, why? ... Look! Here is a little of us, the low sound That turns and falls As these flowers fall and turn; This is the wrath of life, and the gloom, To utter wordsagainst the tomb. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IMPORTANCE OF DICTIONARIES by JAMES LAUGHLIN TUESDAY AT 87 RUE DE ROME by JAMES LAUGHLIN FAIREST HOUR by FRANCIS VIELE-GRIFFIN OTHERS WILL COME by FRANCIS VIELE-GRIFFIN REMAIN? by FRANCIS VIELE-GRIFFIN ROUND by FRANCIS VIELE-GRIFFIN STRETCH OUT, FOR LIFE IS WEARY by FRANCIS VIELE-GRIFFIN THE LEAVES by FRANCIS VIELE-GRIFFIN KEATS TO FANNY BRAWNE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FRAGMENTS OF A LOST GNOSTIC POEM OF THE 12TH CENTURY by HERMAN MELVILLE |
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