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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SAVAGE BEAST, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As I leaned to retrieve Last Line: Place, only a little closer Subject(s): Hate | |||
As I leaned to retrieve my property he leaped with all his weight so that I felt the wind of his jaws as his teeth gnashed before my mouth. Isn't he awful! said the woman, his collar straining under her clutch. Yes, I replied drily wanting to eviscerate the thing there, scoop out his brains and eat them-and hers too! Until it flashed on me, How many, like this dog, could I not wish had been here in my place, only a little closer! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS HATRED by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM JACK ROSE by MAXWELL BODENHEIM THE PEOPLE OF THE OTHER VILLAGE by THOMAS LUX IN STRANGE EVENTS by WILLIAM MEREDITH LINES FOR A CHRISTMAS CARD by HILAIRE BELLOC LINES TO A DON by HILAIRE BELLOC A CELEBRATION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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