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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHANSON D'AUTOMNE, by PAUL VERLAINE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The autumn wind wails thin, / like a sobbing violin Last Line: When the winter gusts begin to and fro Subject(s): Wind; Grief; Winter | |||
The Autumn wind wails thin, Like a sobbing violin, Long and low. How it thrills my heart with pain, This monotonous refrain, Sad and slow! Passion-pale I pant, "Alas!" For the chiming hours that pass To their sleep, Till the visions throng my head Of the good glad days long dead— And I weep. But the wind so wild and fleet Overbears my willing feet, And I go As the withered leaves that spin— When the winter gusts begin— To and fro. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOOKING EAST IN THE WINTER by JOHN HOLLANDER WINTER DISTANCES by FANNY HOWE WINTER FORECAST by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN AT WINTER'S EDGE by JUDY JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE A FORGOTTEN TUNE by PAUL VERLAINE |
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