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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLIND FOLK, by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: See them! My soul! How dreadful they appear Last Line: Poor old blind folk! From heaven what can they seek?' Subject(s): Blindness; Visually Handicapped | |||
SEE them, my soul! how dreadful they appear, Like puppets vaguely droll; yet terror deep Is with them, as with those who walk in sleep, Turning their darkling orbs you know not where. Their eyes, from which the spark divine has fled, As though far gazing, aye! are lifted found To Heaven. You never see them to the ground Lean dreamily their overburdened head. Thus through the illimitable black they pass, Twin of eternal silence! whilst, alas! O city! you around us sing, laugh, shriek. Enthrall'd by pleasure to depravity! I too plod on--more dull and sad--and cry, 'Poor old blind folk! from heaven what can they seek?' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLIND POET by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) HE HAD A GOOD YEAR by MARVIN BELL THE BLIND SHEEP by RANDALL JARRELL THE BLIND by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE BLIND DOG OF VENICE by RON PADGETT BATTLE AFTER WAR by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BOARDING: 5. THE DADAR SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND by REETIKA VAZIRANI A VOYAGE TO CYTHERA by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE |
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