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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WOMAN, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Unselfish, silent potently Last Line: Into another's entity! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Women | |||
UNSELFISH, silent potently Behind each man of history A woman stands, upon whose strength He leans to cast his shadow's length. She is his stairway to the sky, His bow of hope, his inward eye, His rhythm, yea his very breath That plays betwixt his lips and death. Aye, some brave woman without crown Behind each male-throne huddles down, A sentinel to guard his sleep, A bosom where he kneels to weep. To woman then! whose urge to live Is summed within the right to give, To merge her own identify Into another's entity! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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