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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANY CITY, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Into the staring street / she goes on her nightly round Last Line: The night with its pitiless stars. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Cities; Social Problems; Urban Life | |||
INTO the staring street She goes on her nightly round, With weary and tireless feet Over the wretched ground. A thing that man never spurns, A thing that all men despise; Into her soul there burns The street with its pitiless eyes. She needs no charm or wile, She carries no beauty or power, But a tawdry and casual smile For a tawdry and casual hour. The street with its pitiless eyes Follows wherever she lurks, But she is hardened and wise— She rattles her bracelets and smirks... She goes with her sordid array, Luring, without a lure; She is man's hunger and prey— His lust and its hideous cure. All that she knows are the lies, The evil, the squalor, the scars; The street with its pitiless eyes, The night with its pitiless stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THINGS (FOR AN INDIAN) TO DO IN NEW YORK (CITY) by SHERMAN ALEXIE THE CITY REVISITED by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: ENTERING THE CITY WITH BLISS-BESTOWING HANDS by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE CITY OF THE OLESHA FRUIT by NORMAN DUBIE DISCOVERING THE PHOTOGRAPH OF LLOYD, EARL, AND PRISCILLA by LYNN EMANUEL MY DIAMOND STUD by ALICE FULTON A BIRTHDAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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