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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VANTAGE POINT, by ROBERT FROST Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If tired of trees I seek again mankind, Last Line: I look into the crater of the ant. Subject(s): Life | |||
IF tired of trees I seek again mankind, Well I know where to hie me -- in the dawn, To a slope where the cattle keep the lawn. There amid lolling juniper reclined, Myself unseen, I see in white defined Far off the homes of men, and farther still, The graves of men on an opposing hill, Living or dead, whichever are to mind. And if by moon I have too much of these, I have but to turn on my arm, and lo, The sun-burned hillside sets my face aglow, My breathing shakes the bluet like a breeze, I smell the earth, I smell the bruisĖd plant, I look into the crater of the ant. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW |
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