Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRAIRIE SUNSET, by WALT WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling Last Line: Pure luminous color fighting the silent shadows to the last. Subject(s): Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling silver, emerald, fawn, The earth's whole amplitude and Nature's multiform power consign'd for once to colors; The light, the general air possess'd by them -- colors till now unknown, No limit, confine -- not the Western sky alone -- the high meridian -- North, South, all, Pure luminous color fighting the silent shadows to the last. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN A BROADWAY PAGEANT by WALT WHITMAN |
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