Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KEATS (1), by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: An english lad, who, reading in a book Last Line: But he rose up and knew himself a greek. Subject(s): Keats, John (1795-1821); Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
AN English lad, who, reading in a book, A ponderous, leathern thing set on his knee, Saw the broad violet of the Egean Sea Lap at his feet as it were village brook. Wide was the east; the gusts of morning shook; Immortal laughter beat along that shore; Pan, crouching in the reeds, piped as of yore; The gods came down and thundered from that book. He lifted his sad eyes; his London street Swarmed in the sun, and strove to make him heed; Boys spun their tops, shouting and fair of cheek: But, still, that violet lapping at his feet, -- An English lad had he sat down to read; But he rose up and knew himself a Greek. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB A CHRISTMAS FOLK-SONG by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE |
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