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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROCK AND HAWK, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here is a symbol in which Last Line: Nor success make proud Subject(s): Hawks; Pride; Stones; Self-esteem; Self-respect; Granite; Rocks | |||
Here is a symbol in which Many high tragic thoughts Watch their own eyes. This gray rock, standing tall On the headland, where the seawind Lets no tree grow, Earthquake-proved, and signatured By ages of storms: on its peak A falcon has perched. I think, here is your emblem To hang in the future sky; Not the cross, not the hive, But this; bright power, dark peace; Fierce consciousness joined with final Disinterestedness; Life with calm death; the falcon's Realist eyes and act Married to the massive Mysticism of stone, Which failure cannot cast down Nor success make proud. Poised how many centuries Birds have quenched their thirst at it, And not a pebble moved. Moved—not by wind or rain, Nor on the hard way of the world Has this solitary granite For its own sake shifted a pebble: 'Plainly there has been here A great deal of God.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH NAMING FOR LOVE by HAYDEN CARRUTH OF THE STONES OF THE PLACE by ROBERT FROST THE EYE IN THE ROCK by JOHN HAINES THE HEAD ON THE TABLE by JOHN HAINES BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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