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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHINE, REPUBLIC, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The quality of these trees, green height; of the sky, shining; of water, a clear flow Last Line: The states of the next age will no doubt remember you, and edge their love of freedom with contempt Subject(s): War; Social Commentary; Patriotism | |||
* * As you climb to reach the stars, O white * The ladder sways, * You stand, surprised, strapped in the cage of night, * Aghast and praying. * And should you fall, you scream, and waking * See the dull earth beneath you where it lay, * The grey tide creeping out, while slowly breaking * Over bleached sands, its long waves roll away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS SEVEN LAMENTS FOR THE WAR-DEAD: 6 by YEHUDA AMICHAI A CAROL FOR THE NEW YEAR by EDWIN MARKHAM A SONG OF VICTORY by EDWIN MARKHAM BROTHERHOOD (1) by EDWIN MARKHAM THE ERRAND IMPERIOUS by EDWIN MARKHAM THE MIGHTY HUNDRED YEARS by EDWIN MARKHAM BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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