|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE HOSPITAL, by PATRICK JOHN MCALISTER ANDERSON Poet Analysis First Line: The white gowned doctor holds the charming arm Last Line: And the patient rushes on in his two-armed dream. Subject(s): Amputees; Hospitals | |||
The white gowned doctor holds the charming arm, a cut-down blossoming bough in a vase of tears: soundless it blows in the doctor's eyes as he peels off his gloves, and sadly goes out of the room— under her mask the young nurse sighs and the patient rushes on in his two-armed dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HAVING BEEN ASKED WHAT IS A MAN? I ANSWER by PHILIP LEVINE NEW YEAR'S EVE, IN HOSPITAL by PHILIP LEVINE THE DEMOCRATIC DIME by EVE MERRIAM THIS DID NOT HAPPEN by THYLIAS MOSS WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS by DAVID IGNATOW A FIELD HOSPITAL by RANDALL JARRELL CAPITAL SQUARE by PATRICK JOHN MCALISTER ANDERSON |
| |