Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COUNSEIL TO A BACHELER, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If thou bee younge, then marie not yett Last Line: And olde mens' wyves bee good for naught. Variant Title(s): Councell To A Bachelor Subject(s): Single People; Bachelors; Unmarried People | ||||||||
Elizabethan Trencher MottoBodleian Library: [with title and modification of second line] If thou bee younge, then marie not yett; If thou bee olde, then no wyfe gett; For younge mens' wyves will not bee taught, And olde mens' wyves bee good for naught. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ODD WOMAN by MADELINE DEFREES THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MY KIND OF MAN by ANNE WALDMAN THE TWO OLD BACHELORS by EDWARD LEAR THE LAIRD O' COCKPEN by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE A CONSISTENT GIRL by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS SUMMER NIGHT, RIVERSIDE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS I MAY, I MIGHT, I MUST by MARIANNE MOORE |
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