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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEIGHBORS, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As often as we thought of her Last Line: More than one heart could hold. Subject(s): Neighbors | |||
As often as we thought of her, We thought of a gray life That made a quaint economist Of a wolf-haunted wife; We made the best of all she bore That was not ours to bear, And honored her for wearing things That were not things to wear. There was a distance in her look That made us look again; And if she smiled, we might believe That we had looked in vain. Rarely she came inside our doors, And had not long to stay; And when she left, it seemed somehow That she was far away. At last, when we had all forgot That all is here to change, A shadow on the commonplace Was a moment strange. Yet there was nothing for surprise, Nor much that need be told: Love, with its gift of pain, had given More than one heart could hold. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BRIGHT SUN AFTER HEAVY SNOW by JANE KENYON THE MAN INTO WHOSE YARD YOU SHOULD NOT HIT YOUR BALL by THOMAS LUX PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BESIDE MILL RIVER by MADELINE DEFREES HELSINKI, 1940 by ANSELM HOLLO THE POET'S TREE by CLARENCE MAJOR A POEM FOR MAX NORDAU by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |
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