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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REINFORCEMENTS, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The vestibule to experience is not to Last Line: The future of time is determined by the power of volition. Subject(s): World War I - United States | |||
THE vestibule to experience is not to be exalted into epic grandeur. These men are going to their work with this idea, advancing like a school of fish through still water—waiting to change the course or dismiss the idea of movement, till forced to. The words of the Greeks ring in our ears, but they are vain in comparison with a sight like this. The pulse of intention does not move so that one can see it, and moral machinery is not labelled, but the future of time is determined by the power of volition. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THE WILLIAM P. FRYE [FEBRUARY 28, 1915] by JEANNE ROBERT FOSTER ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE NEW CRUSADE by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE NEW WORLD; TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES by LAURENCE BINYON AMERICA AT ST. PAUL'S by MARGARETTA BYRDE TO AMERICA IN WAR TIME by OSCAR W. FIRKINS RUSSIA - AMERICA by JOHN GALSWORTHY THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1776 by MAURICE HENRY HEWLETT I MAY, I MIGHT, I MUST by MARIANNE MOORE |
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