Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCHOOLBOYS IN WINTER, by JOHN CLARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The schoolboys still their morning rambles take Last Line: In the pale splendour of the winter sun. Subject(s): Youth | ||||||||
The schoolboys still their morning ramble take To neighbouring village school with playing speed, Loitering with pastime's leisure till they quake, Oft looking up the wild-geeese droves to heed, Watching the letters which their journeys make; Or plucking haws on which the fieldfares feed, And hips and sloes; and on each shallow lake Making glib slides, where they like shadows go Till some fresh pastimes in their minds awake. Then off they start anew and hasty blow Their numbed and clumpsing fingers till they glow; Then races with their shadows wildly run That stride huge giants o'er the shining snow In the pale splendour of the winter sun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN |
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