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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PORTRAIT IN GREYS, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Will it never be possible
Last Line: Where it is level and undisturbed by colors.
Subject(s): Colors
First Line: Will it never be possible
Last Line: Where it is level and undisturbed by colors.
Subject(s): Colors
Will it never be possible
to separate you from your greyness?
Must you be always sinking backward
into your grey-brown landscapes -- and trees
always in the distance, always against
a grey sky?
Must I be always
moving counter to you? Is there no place
where we can be at peace together
and the motion of our drawing apart
be altogether taken up?
I see myself
standing upon your shoulders touching
a grey, broken sky --
but you, weighted down with me,
yet gripping my ankles, -- move
laboriously on,
where it is level and undisturbed by colors.
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