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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY FORMER LIFE, by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Under vast colonnades that took the noon's Last Line: Athwart my brow with wafture of green palms. Subject(s): Evening; Moon; Sun; Sunset; Twilight | |||
UNDER vast colonnades that took the noon's Sea-mirrored fire, I dwelt. In eve's dim light The pillars showed majestic and upright Like basalt caves wherein the wroth sea swoons; The surge that mocked the sun's face and the moon's, Merged as in solemn and most mystic rite The hues of sunset waning on my sight With mighty concord of immortal tunes. I drank voluptuous calm amid the sheen Of sea and sky and mirrored light serene; Where naked slaves with bodies steeped in balms, Eager to soothe the sorrow undivined Whereof I grew most weary, fanned the wind Athwart my brow with wafture of green palms. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE A VOYAGE TO CYTHERA by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE |
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