Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASPIRATION, by ISAAC ROSENBERG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The roots of a dead universe are shrunken in my brain Last Line: And enaureole a glory round an unawaken'd theme. Subject(s): Desire; Dreams; Nightmares | ||||||||
The roots of a dead universe are shrunken in my brain; And the tinsel leafed branches of the charred trees are strewn; And the chaff we deem'd for harvest shall be turned to golden grain, While May no more will mimic March, but June be only June. Lo! a ghost enleaguer'd city where no ghostly footfall came! And a rose within the mirror with the fragrance of it hid; And mine ear prest to the mouth of the shadow of a name; But no ghost or speech or fragrance breathing on my faint eyelid. I would crash the city's ramparts, touch the ghostly hands without. Break the mirror, feel the scented warm lit petals of the rose. Would mine ears be stretched for shadows in the fading of the doubt? Other ears shall wait my shadow, can you see behind the brows? For I would see with mine own eyes the glory and the gold. With a strange and fervid vision see the glamour and the dream. And chant an incantation in a measure new and bold, And enaureole a glory round an unawaken'd theme. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS A BALLAD OF WHITECHAPEL by ISAAC ROSENBERG |
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