Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: 33, by THOMAS WYATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In court to serve decked with fresh array Last Line: In prison joys, fetter'd with chains of gold. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens | ||||||||
In court to serve decked with fresh array, Of sugar'd meats feeling the sweet repast, The life in banquets, and sundry kinds of play Amid the press of lordly looks to waste Hath with it join'd oft times such bitter taste, That who so joys such kinds of life to hold, In prison joys, fetter'd with chains of gold. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN IN PHARAOH'S TOMB by HAYDEN CARRUTH FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS ELEGY ASKING THAT IT BE THE LAST; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE L,ENVOI: IN OUR TIME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY VASHTI by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LINES ON CARMEN SYLVA by EMMA LAZARUS |
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