Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WINTER NIGHT, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was a chilly winter's night Last Line: Were left in loneliness behind. Subject(s): Night; Solitude; Winter; Bedtime; Loneliness | ||||||||
It was a chilly winter's night; And frost was glitt'ring on the ground, And evening stars were twinkling bright; And from the gloomy plain around Came no sound, But where, within the wood-girt tow'r, The churchbell slowly struck the hour; As if that all of human birth Had risen to the final day, And soaring from the wornout earth Were called in hurry and dismay, Far away; And I alone of all mankind Were left in loneliness behind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES EVENEN IN THE VILLAGE by WILLIAM BARNES |
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