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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MERELY STATEMENT, by AMY LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You sent me a sprig of mignonette Last Line: Her dress a stare of purple between pillars of stone. Subject(s): Mignonettes | |||
You sent me a sprig of mignonette, Cool-colored, quiet, and it was wet With green sea-spray, and the salt and the sweet Mingled to a fragrance weary and discreet As a harp played softly in a great room at sunset. You said: "My sober mignonette Will brighten your room and you will not forget." But I have pressed your flower and laid it away In a letter, tied with a ribbon knot. I have not forgot. But there is a passion-flower in my vase Standing above a close-cleared space In the midst of a jumble of papers and books. The passion-flower holds my eyes, And the light-under-light of its blue and purple dyes Is a hot surprise. How then can I keep my looks From the passion-flower leaning sharply over the books? When one has seen The difficult magnificence of a queen On one's table, Is one able To observe any color in a mignonette? I will not think of sunset, I crave the dawn, With its rose-red light on the wings of a swan, And a queen pacing slowly through the Parthenon, Her dress a stare of purple between pillars of stone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MIGNONETTE by JOHN BANISTER TABB MIGNONETTE by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG MIGNONETTE by GEORGE BRADFORD BARTLETT MIGNONETTE by ERIK GUSTAF GEIJER RED GERANIUM AND GODLY MIGNONETTE by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE TWENTY-FOUR HOKKU ON A MODERN THEME by AMY LOWELL |
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