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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENDLESS DOWNPOUR, by IVAN ALEKSEYEVITCH (ALEXEYVICH) BUNIN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Endless downpour; misty wood Last Line: Oh, dear lord! Oh, dear lord! | |||
Endless downpour; misty wood; Fir trees swaying: Oh, dear Lord! - as if the wood were drunk, Rain-sodden. At the window of the dark lodge A child sits drumming with a spoon. Mother sleeping soundly on the stove; A calf lowing in the damp passage. Gloomy lodge; buzzing of flies... Why does the wood ring with birdsong, Sprout with mushrooms, blossom with flowers And vegetation bright as grass snakes? Why does a round-eyed child, Weary of the world and of his lodge, Drum his spoon on the windowsill To the even patter of the rain? Calf lowing; dumb calf. And the mournful fir trees bow their green branches: Oh, dear Lord! Oh, dear Lord! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN AN EMPTY HOUSE by IVAN ALEKSEYEVITCH (ALEXEYVICH) BUNIN THE GOD OF NOON by IVAN ALEKSEYEVITCH (ALEXEYVICH) BUNIN RUSSIAN SPRING by IVAN ALEKSEYEVITCH (ALEXEYVICH) BUNIN IT WAS NEAR MIDNIGHT by IVAN ALEKSEYEVITCH (ALEXEYVICH) BUNIN HIGH UP ON A SNOWY PEAK by IVAN ALEKSEYEVITCH (ALEXEYVICH) BUNIN GRAVE OF RACHEL by IVAN ALEKSEYEVITCH (ALEXEYVICH) BUNIN BATTLE OF BRITAIN by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE TESTAMENT OF CRESSEID by ROBERT HENRYSON THE HOUSE ON THE HILL by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 48. AL-WADOOD by EDWIN ARNOLD TO HIS WORSHIPFULL GOOD FRIEND, MAISTER JOHN STEVENTON by RICHARD BARNFIELD |
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