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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON SEEING AN OLD POET IN THE CAFE ROYAL, by JOHN BETJEMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I saw him in the cafe royal Last Line: And cheroots upon the floor. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | |||
I saw him in the Café Royal, Very old and very grand. Modernistic shone the lamplight There in London's fairyland. 'Devilled chicken. Devilled whitebait. Devil if I understand. 'Where is Oscar? Where is Bosie? Have I seen that man before? And the old one in the corner, Is it really Wratislaw?' Scent of Tutti-Frutti-Sen-Sen And cheroots upon the floor. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB HOW TO GET ON IN SOCIETY by JOHN BETJEMAN |
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