Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BROODING GRIEF, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A yellow leaf from the darkness Last Line: Of leaves and lamps and traffic mingled before me. Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
A YELLOW leaf from the darkness Hops like a frog before me. Why should I start and stand still? I was watching the woman that bore me Stretched in the brindled darkness Of the sick-room, rigid with will To die: and the quick leaf tore me Back to this rainy swill Of leaves and lamps and traffic mingled before me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A BABY ASLEEP AFTER PAIN by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE |
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