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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS FOR TWO SEASONS: 1. AFTER GRAVE ILLNESS, by CAROL FROST Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The body has two seasons Last Line: Things simply are Subject(s): Sickness; Illness | |||
The body has two seasons and doesn't exist to be changed; it itself changes-as moths come into a field, then the hunted deer. Who knows from the outside where death grows? A man rubs his eyes as if to recover some first sight. Clouds scuttle. There is rain; there's snow; a northerly wind crushing in its teeth the year's seeds. He is pushed inside out like a glove showing its lining. Things simply are. First published in The Kenyon Review, Volume 22 #2 Spring 2000. www.kenyonreview.org/roth | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL AFTERNOON AT MACDOWELL by JANE KENYON HAVING IT OUT WITH MELANCHOLY by JANE KENYON SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES THE GROSS CLINIC by CAROL FROST |
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