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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 1. THE BRIGHT MOON, by CONRAD AIKEN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Broad on the sunburnt hill the bright moon comes Last Line: This god of myriad stars whom I thought lost. Subject(s): Light; Moon; Night; Bedtime | |||
BROAD on the sunburnt hill the bright moon comes, And cuts with silver horn the hurrying cloud, And the cold Pole Star, in the dusk, resumes His last night's light, which light alone could shroud. And legion other stars, that torch pursuing, Take each their stations in the deepening night, Lifting pale tapers for the Watch, renewing Their glorious foreheads in the infinite. Never before had night so many eyes. Never was darkness so divinely thronged As now—my love! bright star!—when you arise, Giving me back that night which I had wronged. Now with your voice sings all the immortal host, This god of myriad stars whom I thought lost. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE |
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