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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GREAT FIGURE, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Among the rain
Last Line: Through the dark city.
Subject(s): Fire
First Line: Among the rain
Last Line: Through the dark city.
Subject(s): Fire
Among the rain
and lights
I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
firetruck
moving
tense
unheeded
to gong clangs
siren howls
and wheels rumbling
through the dark city.
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