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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PIKE, by AMY LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the brown water, Last Line: Received it Subject(s): Pike (fish) | |||
In the brown water, Thick and silver-sheened in the sunshine, Liquid and cool in the shade of the reeds, A pike dozed. Lost among the shadows of stems He lay unnoticed. Suddenly he flicked his tail, And a green-and-copper brightness Ran under the water. Out from under the reeds Came the olive-green light, And orange flashed up Through the sun-thickened water. So the fish passed across the pool, Green and copper, A darkness and a gleam, And the blurred reflections of the willows on the opposite bank Received it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PIKE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TWENTY-FOUR HOKKU ON A MODERN THEME by AMY LOWELL |
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