Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NUANCES OF A THEME BY WILLIAMS, by WALLACE STEVENS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It's a strange courage Last Line: Or an old horse Subject(s): Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963) | ||||||||
It's a strange courage You give me, ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part! I Shine alone, shine nakedly, shine like bronze that reflects neither my face nor any inner part of my being, shine like fire, that mirrors nothing. II Lend no part to any humanity that suffuses you in its own light. Be not chimera of morning, Half-man, half-star. Be not an intelligence, Like a widow's bird Or an old horse. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PHYSICAL MOON BEYOND PATERSON by NORMAN DUBIE FOR W.C. WILLIAMS by HILDA MORLEY A LETTER TO WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS by KENNETH REXROTH INTO THE SHANDY WESTERNESS by KENNETH REXROTH |
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