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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOLUTIONS, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The swallow flew like lightning over the green Last Line: Beheaded it for blooming insolence. Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): Reason; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals | |||
The swallow flew like lightning over the green And through the gate-bars (a hand's breadth between); He hurled his blackness at that chink and won; The problem scarcely rose and it was done. The spider, chance-confronted with starvation, Took up another airy situation; His working legs, as it appeared to me, Had mastered practical geometry. The old dog dreaming in his frowsy cask Enjoyed his rest and did not drop his task; He knew the person of 'no fixed abode', And challenged as he shuffled down the road. These creatures which (Buffon and I agree) Lag far behind the human faculty Worked out the question set with satisfaction And promptly took the necessary action. By this successful sang-froid I, employed On 'Who wrote Shakespeare?' justly felt annoyed, And seeing an evening primrose by the fence Beheaded it for blooming insolence. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST EXCESS OF SEA OR SUN OR REASON by WILLIAM MEREDITH PROVISION FOR THE HIGHER OZONE BODY by WILL ALEXANDER THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#65) by MARVIN BELL THE MACHINATIONS OF THE MIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR WHY FOOL AROUND? by STEPHEN DOBYNS POPHAM OF THE NEW SONG: 1 by NORMAN DUBIE ALMSWOMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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