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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: TWAIN, MARK (SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS) Matches Found: 12 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DOUBLE-BARRELLED SONNET TO MARK TWAIN: 1. FIRST BARREL, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: The man whose birthday we renown tonight Last Line: Gainsay him the glory of being sixty-seven. Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D. Subject(s): Birthdays; Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens) A DOUBLE-BARRELLED SONNET TO MARK TWAIN: 2. SECOND BARREL, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, no! Hold on!' I hear his voice implore Last Line: "we will dine with you here till sunday night." Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D. Subject(s): Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens) AUTHORS' RESIDENCES, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mark twain's opinion was, he was entitled Subject(s): Hartford, Connecticut; Stevens, Wallace (1879-1955); Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens) AUTHORS' RESIDENCES, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mark twain's opinion was, he was entitled Last Line: In boston. Writers, know your place %before it gets too modest to be known Subject(s): Hartford, Connecticut; Stevens, Wallace (1879-1955); Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens) LAST LAUGH, by ROBERT PENN WARREN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The little sam clemens, one night back in hannibal Last Line: And was left alone with his joke, god dead, till he died Subject(s): Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens) LAST LAUGH, by ROBERT PENN WARREN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The little sam clemens, one night back in hannibal Last Line: And was left alone with his joke, god dead, till he died Subject(s): Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens) MARK TWAIN AND JOAN OF ARC, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When yankee soldiers reach the barricade Last Line: At bloodshed caused by angels, saints, and men. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens); World War I; First World War MARK TWAIN: A PIPE DREAM, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Well I recall how first I met Last Line: Then heaven will be heaven indeed. Subject(s): Dreams; Smoking; Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens); Nightmares; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes THE AMERICAN JOKE (READ AT THE BIRTHDAY DINNER TO S.L. CLEMENS), by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A traveller from the old world, just escaped Last Line: "I type their master-mood. Mark twain made me." Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D. Subject(s): Birthdays; Jokes; Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens); Writing & Writers TO MARK TWAIN, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With memories old and wishes new Last Line: True wisdom comes with laughter and with tears. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Birthdays; Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens) WELCOME TO MARK TWAIN, by LOUIS FRECHETTE Poem Text First Line: Come, sing, my muse, our honoured guest Last Line: With fine old english humour! Subject(s): Humorists; Laughter; Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens) WHEN THE MISSISSIPPI FLOWED IN INDIANA, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beneath time's roaring canyon Last Line: The cave by the mississippi %where tom and becky strayed Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Mississippi River; Rivers; Twain, Mark (samuel Langhorne Clemens) |
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