|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RECOLLECTION, by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH Poet's Biography First Line: How can it be that I forget Last Line: And throws away the grain. Subject(s): Memory | |||
How can it be that I forget The way he phrased my doom, When I recall the arabesques That carpeted the room? How can it be that I forget His look and mien that hour, When I recall I wore a rose, And still can smell the flower? How can it be that I forget Those words that were the last, When I recall the tune a man Was whistling as he passed? These things are what we keep from life's Supremest joy or pain; For Memory locks her chaff in bins And throws away the grain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND THE SAME QUESTION by JOHN HOLLANDER FORGET HOW TO REMEMBER HOW TO FORGET by JOHN HOLLANDER ON THAT SIDE by LAWRENCE JOSEPH MEMORY OF A PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE A CROWNED POET by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH |
| |