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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DOCUMENT, by AMY LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The great painter, hokusai Subject(s): Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849); Old Age | |||
THE GREAT painter, Hokusai, In his old age, Wrote these words: Profiting by a beautiful spring day, In this year of tranquillity, To warm myself in the sun, I received a visit from my publisher Who asked me to do something for him. Then I reflected that one should not forget the glory of arms, Above all when one was living in peace; And in spite of my age, Which is more than seventy years, I have found courage to draw those ancient heroes Who have been the models of glory." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY |
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