Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. CHARLES BLISS, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Reverend wiley advised me not to divorce him Last Line: Preachers and judges! Subject(s): Divorce | ||||||||
REVEREND WILEY advised me not to divorce him For the sake of the children, And Judge Somers advised him the same. So we stuck to the end of the path. But two of the children thought he was right, And two of the children thought I was right. And the two who sided with him blamed me, And the two who sided with me blamed him, And they grieved for the one they sided with. And all were torn with the guilt of judging, And tortured in soul because they could not admire Equally him and me. Now every gardener knows that plants grown in cellars Or under stones are twisted and yellow and weak. And no mother would let her baby suck Diseased milk from her breast. Yet preachers and judges advise the raising of souls Where there is no sunlight, but only twilight, No warmth, but only dampness and cold -- Preachers and judges! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN PRAISE OF THEIR DIVORCE by TONY HOAGLAND TRIANGULATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL WAITING FOR THIS STORY TO END BEFORE I BEGIN ANOTHER by JAN HELLER LEVI MOVING AGAIN by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALEXANDER THROCKMORTON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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