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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAYBREAK, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Half a moon is flaming in the south Last Line: Vitreous dawn before dawn! Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise | |||
Half a moon is flaming in the south below clear little stars. Vague shapes begin to stir among the yellow-poppy street lamps. Oblique masses of purple and black lift themselves. Is it earth or sky? It is the beginning! - again? Answer, answer! Huntress who spreadest vitreous dawn before dawn! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BURNING DAWN by HAYDEN CARRUTH DAWN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN THE GARDEN AT THE DAWN HOUR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EARLY RISER by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE WORDS WHEN WE NEED THEM by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE A CELEBRATION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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