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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAYBREAK, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Explanation 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 |
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