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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISILLUSION, by AMY LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A scholar / weary of erecting the fragile towers of words Last Line: Hurled himself into its crater / and perished Subject(s): Language; Suicide; Words; Vocabulary | |||
A SCHOLAR, Weary of erecting the fragile towers of words, Went on a pilgrimage to Asama-Yama; And seeing the force of the fire Spouting from this mighty mountain, Hurled himself into its crater And perished. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOWYOUBEENS' by TERRANCE HAYES MY LIFE: REASON LOOKS FOR TWO, THEN ARRANGES IT FROM THERE by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: THE BEST WORDS by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN CANADA IN ENGLISH by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THERE IS NO WORD by TONY HOAGLAND CONSIDERED SPEECH by JOHN HOLLANDER |
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