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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ILLUSION, by AMY LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Walking beside the tree-peonies Last Line: Which supports the statue of buddha Subject(s): Beetles | |||
Walking beside the tree-peonies, I saw a beetle Whose wings were of black lacquer spotted with milk. I would have caught it, But it ran from me swiftly And hid under the stone lotus Which supports the statue of Buddha. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIFTH GROUP OF VERSE: 9. DAVID by CHARLES REZNIKOFF SCARABAEUS SISYPHUS by MATHILDE BLIND THE DEATHWATCH BEETLE by LINDA PASTAN JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN: 38 by CHARLES REZNIKOFF ONLY ONE OF MY DEATHS by DEAN YOUNG NURSERY RHYMES FOR THE TENDER-HEARTED (DEDICATED TO DON MARQUIS): 4 by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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