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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VARIATIONS: 9, by CONRAD AIKEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Moonlight, and shadows of leaves Last Line: Fleeing. Subject(s): Love | |||
Moonlight, and shadows of leaves On the white wall above me -- The shadows gallop and swirl without sound. Blue moonlight, brief shadows of leaves, And once more I see you, Saying aloud, like a dreamer, "You love me, You love me!" Moonlight . . . down there in the garden I know, without seeing, The somnolent fountain is filled with blue fire. I close my eyes, I pursue you Through dream's fainter moonlight, Ghostlike, with shadows of dead leaves, silently Fleeing. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT |
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