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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Recitation by Author Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Your thighs are appletrees Last Line: I said petals from an appletree. Subject(s): Portraits; Women | |||
Your thighs are appletrees whose blossoms touch the sky. Which sky? The sky where Watteau hung a lady's slipper. Your knees are a southern breeze -- or a gust of snow. Agh! what sort if man was Fragonard? -- as if that answered anything. Ah, yes -- below the knees, since the tune drops that way, it is one of those white summer days, the tall grass of your ankles flickers upon the shore -- Which shore? -- the sand clings to my lips -- Which shore? Agh, petals maybe. How should I know? Which shore? Which shore? I said petals from an appletree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV A CELEBRATION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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