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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GAME OF CHESS, by EZRA POUND Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Red knights, brown bishops, bright queens Last Line: Blocked lights working in. Escapes. Renewal of contest. Subject(s): Chess | |||
Dogmatic Statement Concerning the Game of Chess: Theme for a Series of Pictures Red knights, brown bishops, bright queens, Striking the board, falling in strong "L"s of colour. Reaching and striking in angles, holding lines in one colour. This board is alive with light; these pieces are living in form, Their moves break and reform the pattern: luminous green from the rooks, Clashing with "X"s of queens, looped with the knight-leaps. "Y" pawns, cleaving, embanking! Whirl! Centripetal! Mate! King down in the vortex, Clash, leaping of bands, straight strips of hard colour, Blocked lights working in. Escapes. Renewal of contest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: THE CHESSBOARD by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE CHESSBOARD IS ON FIRE by AARON FOGEL A FRAGMENT OF AN EPIC POEM, OCCASIONED BY THE LOSS OF A GAME by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE CHESS-PLAYER by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE PINDARIC ODE: DESTINIE [DESTINY] by ABRAHAM COWLEY THE CHESS GAME by NATHALIA CRANE AN ANCIENT CHESS KING by JEAN INGELOW TO DR. F.B. ON HIS BOOK OF CHESS by RICHARD LOVELACE |
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