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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF GUILLAUME'S DEATH HAD BEEN CHRISTIAN, by MAX JACOB Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: And I'd been so sure he was going to die that through my tears I'd Last Line: Guillaume apollinaire. But finish your drawing of his death and put a %silhouette of me on the lower | |||
And I'd been so sure he was going to die that through my tears I'd drawn him on his deathbed. I must confess I even had formal con-cerns. Next day he was walking around Paris, strong and majestic. One morning at Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre two big black cats squeezed me between them. A voice said "Don't be afraid!" Sacré Coeur looked like one of those pink fortresses that adorn the summits of Italian hills and he, Guillaume, high above, was like a bird with a man's head. Was he dead, our dear lyricist? My drawing wasn't finished. I bumped into him leading a group of disciples: was it he or Dante? Very much alive. Of course! Guillaume was not dead. A stout and clever priest said to me "There's no one more alive than Guillaume Apollinaire. But finish your drawing of his death and put a silhouette of me on the lower left-hand side." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FIFTEEN ACRES by JAMES STEPHENS INTAGLIOS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH ON HEARING AN AEOLIAN HARP by PETER BAYLEY JR. THE COLLEGE GARDEN; IN 1917 by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES |
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