Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN AFTER SONG, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So art thou broken in upon me, apollo Last Line: This is strange to me, here in the modern twilight. Subject(s): Apollo | ||||||||
So art thou broken in upon me, Apollo, Through a splendor of purple garments -- Held by the yellow-haired Clymene To clothe the white of thy shoulders -- Bare from the day's leaping of horses. This is strange to me, here in the modern twilight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EMPEDOCLES ON ETNA; A DRAMATIC POEM by MATTHEW ARNOLD APOLLO by THOMAS HOLLEY CHIVERS INVOCATION [TO LOVE] by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN THE SHEPHERD OF KING ADMETUS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL ARCHAIC TORSO OF APOLLO by RAINER MARIA RILKE THE BIRDS: THE HYMN OF THE BIRDS by ARISTOPHANES APOLLO AND DAPHNE by PHILIP AYRES THREE EPISTLES TO G. LLOYD ON A PASSAGE FROM HOMER'S ILIAD: 2 by JOHN BYROM A CELEBRATION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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