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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PAINTER ON SILK, by AMY LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was a man Last Line: Bursting into sound Subject(s): Paintings & Painters; Roses | |||
THERE was a man Who made his living By painting roses Upon silk. He sat in an upper chamber And painted, And the noises of the street Meant nothing to him. When he heard bugles, and fifes, and drums, He thought of red, and yellow, and white roses Bursting in the sunshine, And smiled as he worked. He thought only of roses, And silk. When he could get no more silk, He stopped painting And only thought Of roses. The day the conquerors Entered the city The old man Lay dying. He heard the bugles and drums And wished he could paint the roses Bursting into sound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHISPER OF THE ROSE by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG THE WISDOM OF THE ROSE by ELSA BARKER LOVE PLANTED A ROSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES ROSES; A VILANELLE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN |
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