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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SON; SOUTHERN OHIO MARKET TOWN, by FREDERICK RIDGELY TORRENCE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I heard an old farm-wife Last Line: "but the harvest early." Subject(s): Farm Life; Mothers; Agriculture; Farmers | |||
I heard an old farm-wife, Selling some barley, Mingle her life with life And the name "Charley". Saying, "The crop's all in, We're about through now; Long nights will soon begin, We're just us two now. Twelve bushels at sixty cents, It's all I carried -- He sickened making fence; He was to be married -- It feels like frost was near -- His hair was curly. The spring was late that year, But the harvest early." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KICKING THE LEAVES by DONALD HALL THE FARMER'S BOY: WINTER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD EYE-WITNESS by FREDERICK RIDGELY TORRENCE A VISION OF SPRING (LATE WINTER, 1915) by FREDERICK RIDGELY TORRENCE |
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