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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORY, by LOUISE BOGAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do not guard this as rich stuff without mark Last Line: That any spade may strike. Alternate Author Name(s): Holden, Raymond, Mrs. Subject(s): Memory | |||
Do not guard this as rich stuff without mark Closed in a cedarn dark, Nor lay it down with tragic masks and greaves Licked by the tongues of leaves. Nor let it be as eggs under the wings Of helpless startled things, Nor encompassed by song, nor any glory Perverse and transitory. Rather, like shards and straw upon coarse ground, Of little worth when found: Rubble in gardens, it and stones alike, That any spade may strike. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND THE SAME QUESTION by JOHN HOLLANDER FORGET HOW TO REMEMBER HOW TO FORGET by JOHN HOLLANDER ON THAT SIDE by LAWRENCE JOSEPH MEMORY OF A PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE THE CHANGED WOMAN by LOUISE BOGAN |
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