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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A SOLITARY DISCIPLE, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rather notice, mon cher Last Line: Of the moon. Subject(s): Spires; Steeples | |||
Rather notice, mon cher, that the moon is tilted above the point of the steeple than that its color is shell-pink. Rather observe that it is early morning than that the sky is smooth as a turquoise. Rather grasp how the dark converging lines of the steeple meet at the pinnacle -- perceive how its little ornament tries to stop them -- See how it fails! See how the converging lines of the hexagonal spire escape upward -- receding, dividing! -- sepals that guard and contain the flower! Observe how motionless the eaten moon lies in the protecting lines. It is true: in the light colors of morning brown-stone and slate shine orange and dark blue. But observe the oppressive weight of the squat edifice! Observe the jasmine lightness of the moon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BELFRY OF MONS by WILFRID CHARLES THORLEY YOU CAN MEASURE THE STEEPLE by ANNETTE WYNNE A CELEBRATION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A CORONAL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A GOODNIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A MAN TO A WOMAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS APPROACH OF WINTER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS APRIL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BLIZZARD by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BLUEFLAGS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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