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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSINUATION, by PAUL VALERY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh curves, meanderings / tricks of the liar Last Line: For the gentlest word. Subject(s): Deception | |||
Oh Curves, meanderings, Tricks of the liar, What skill more gentle Than this delay? May I be your guide? I know what I do, And my fell design Will not injure you . . . (Although she smiles So confidently, Such liberty Bewilders her!) Oh Curves, meanderings, Tricks of the liar, I will make you wait For the gentlest word. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEAUTY SHOPPE by MARILYN NELSON A CERTAIN LADY by DOROTHY PARKER SPRECHSTIMME (COUNTESS OF DIA) by ANNE WALDMAN AN INSINCERE WISH ADDRESSED TO A BEGGAR by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE A BALLAD OF HELL by JOHN DAVIDSON PHILOMELA: PHILOMELA'S ODE [THAT SHE SANG IN HER ARBOR] by ROBERT GREENE THE CROPPY BOY: (A BALLAD OF '98) by WILLIAM B. MCBURNEY |
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