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Classic and Contemporary Poetry


VARIATIONS: 2 by CONRAD AIKEN

Poet Analysis

First Line: GREEN LIGHT, FROM THE MOON,
Last Line: BEFORE THE COMING OF SNOW.
Subject(s): LIGHT;

Green light, from the moon,
Pours over the dark blue trees,
Green light from the autumn moon
Pours on the grass . . .
Green light falls on the goblin fountain
Where hesitant lovers meet and pass.

They laugh in the moonlight, touching hands,
They move like leaves on the wind . . .
I remember an autumn night like this,
And not so long ago,
When other lovers were blown like leaves,
Before the coming of snow.



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