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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DANSE RUSSE, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If when my wife is sleeping Last Line: The happy genius of my household? Subject(s): Family Life; Men; Solitude; Relatives; Loneliness | |||
If when my wife is sleeping and the baby and Kathleen are sleeping and the sun is a flame-white disc in silken mists above shining trees, -- if I in my north room dance naked, grotesquely before my mirror waving my shirt round my head and singing softly to myself: "I am lonely, lonely. I was born to be lonely, I am best so!" If I admire my arms, my face, my shoulders, flanks, buttocks against the yellow drawn shades, -- Who shall say I am not the happy genius of my household? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES A CELEBRATION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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