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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LITTLE WHILE, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A little while when I am gone Last Line: Back to the nothingness that is their home. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Variant Title(s): The Dark Cup: 5. Subject(s): Mortality | |||
A little while when I am gone My life will live in music after me, As spun foam lifted and borne on After the wave is lost in the full sea. A while these nights and days will burn In song with the bright frailty of foam, Living in light before they turn Back to the nothingness that is their home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WISE MEN IN THEIR BAD HOURS by ROBINSON JEFFERS READING ALOUD TO MY FATHER by JANE KENYON |
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