Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASSAULT, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Recitation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I had forgotten how the frogs must sound Last Line: From one house to another! Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs. Subject(s): Animals; Beauty; Frogs | ||||||||
I I HAD forgotten how the frogs must sound After a year of silence, else I think I should not so have ventured forth alone At dusk upon this unfrequented road. II I am waylaid by Beauty. Who will walk Between me and the crying of the frogs? Oh, savage Beauty, suffer me to pass, That am a timid woman, on her way From one house to another! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOUNG BULLFROGS by CARL SANDBURG SMALL FROGS KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY by JAMES WRIGHT BACCHUS AND THE FROGS by ARISTOPHANES THE FROGS: THE FROGS' SONG by ARISTOPHANES WHAT THE FROGS SING by PHOEBE CARY THE LONG SIGH OF THE FROG by EMILY DICKINSON AFTERNOON ON A HILL by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY |
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