Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I SURMOUNT, by DAVID IGNATOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pain at fraud, believing Last Line: Giving as its reason that myself exists. Subject(s): Life; Self-reliance | ||||||||
pain at fraud, believing in my own principle of joy, that if I would live as I imagine, each difficulty must be turned to my employ; that when I discover its use, nothing is left by which I may refuse my joy, for in my possession is the meaning, and I am of what each meaning consists, giving as its reason that myself exists. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER TWELVE DAYS OF RAIN by DORIANNE LAUX LEAVING THE ASYLUM by GREGORY ORR BE NOBODY'S DARLING / BE AN OUTCAST by ALICE WALKER SELF-DEPENDENCE by MATTHEW ARNOLD ECHOES: 4. INVICTUS by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY SELF-RELIANCE by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS |
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