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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOU SAY YOU SAID, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Few words are best' Last Line: "me against subterfuge." Subject(s): World War I - United States | |||
"Few words are best." Not here. Discretion has been abandoned in this part of the world too lately For it to be admired. Disgust for it is like the Equinox — all things in One. Disgust is No psychologist and has not opportunity to be a hypocrite. It says to the saw-toothed bayonet and to the cue Of blood behind the sub- Marine—to the Poisoned comb, to the Kaiser of Germany and to the intolerant gateman at the exit from the eastbound ex- press: "I hate You less than you must hate Yourselves: You have Accoutred me. 'Without enemies one's courage flags'. Your error has been timed To aid me, I am in debt to you for you have primed Me against subterfuge." | 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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