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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DECLASSE, by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD First Line: It's quite conceivable to me Last Line: Mouthing a wad of gum. Subject(s): Heresy; Heretics | |||
It's quite conceivable to me (Forgive the awful heresy), A gentleman may drink a glass Of wine, nor thereby forfeit class. The bishop's wife—or your best girl— Smoking a cigarette, Though she be not a saint in any sense May be a lady yet. But the man or the maid is out of class From now until kingdom come, Whom you meet in office or house or street, Mouthing a wad of gum. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NERVOUS FIT OF ANGUISH by CESAR VALLEJO THE BALLAD WHICH ANNE ASKEW MADE AND SANG WHEN SHE WAS IN NEWGATE by ANNE ASKEWE THE DEATH OF HUSS by ALFRED AUSTIN LATIMER AND RIDLEY, BURNED AT THE STAKE IN OXFORD, 1555 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN THE HERETIC by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE HUSBAND AND HEATHEN by SAM WALTER FOSS SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE, LORD COBHAM by ALFRED TENNYSON MORNING by HENRY DAVID THOREAU ADMIRAL, HAIL! by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD SAY NO MORE OF ME by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD |
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