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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FEAR OF GOD, by ROBERT FROST Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you should rise from nowhere to somewhere Last Line: To be the curtain of the inmost soul Subject(s): God | |||
If you should rise from Nowhere up to Somewhere, From being No one up to bemg Someone, Be sure to keep repeating to yourself You owe it to an arbitrary god Whose mercy to you rather than to others Won't bear too critical examination Stay unassuming. If for lack of license To wear the uniform of who you are, You should be tempted to make up for it In a subordinating look or tone Beware of coming too much to the surface, And using for apparel what was meant To be the curtain of the mmost soul. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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