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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MACHINERY, by PAUL ZECH First Line: Teeth of hard steel gleam regnant from the whirled Last Line: Stare inward, fixed in stricken, strange surprise. Subject(s): Machinery And Machinists | |||
Teeth of hard steel gleam regnant from the whirled tangle of wheels. The mills turn round and round, pouring in cloudbursts on the brick-paved ground splinters of copper, crisply clipped and curled. Their glacial coolness huge converters shed on men whose naked flesh glitters with oil; combs whir, knives flash, and coil on monstrous coil drops from bright shears to which this mass is fed. Clenched fists, now here, now there, a sudden curse, the foreman's whistle, and the stench grows worse from muscles licked by flames that threaten death! The bearded faces redden in a breath, and suddenly: like polished glass, sharp eyes stare inward, fixed in stricken, strange surprise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BRUTE by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY MUSHROOM CITY by FREDERIC SAUSER THE STEAM THRESHING-MACHINE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE STEAM THRESHING-MACHINE (CONTINUED) by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER POWER SHOVEL by ROWENA BASTIN BENNETT POEMS OF THE MACHINE AGE by MACKNIGHT BLACK THREE DIMENSIONS by JOSE CRAVEIRINHA ENGINE by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT |
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