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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHASE OF THE METAPHOR, by RICHARD BLACKMORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The stones and all the elements with thee Last Line: Job. Subject(s): Metaphor; Similes | |||
THE stones and all the elements with thee Shall ratify a strict confederacy; Wild beasts their savage temper shall forget, And for a firm alliance with thee treat; The finny tyrant of the spacious seas Shall send a scaly embassy for peace; His plighted faith the crocodile shall keep, And seeing thee, for joy sincerely weep. JOB. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVING YOU IN FLEMISH by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN (APHORISMS OF MR. CANON ASPIRIN) by NORMAN DUBIE NOT WRITING POEMS ABOUT CHILDREN by CAROLYN KIZER MAROON BELLS by KENNETH REXROTH THINKING OF A RELATION BETWEEN THE IMAGES OF METHAPHORS by WALLACE STEVENS MY FATHER'S GARDEN by DAVID WAGONER AND AS IN ALICE by MARY JO BANG A RED, RED ROSE by ROBERT BURNS MIND IN CREATION by RICHARD BLACKMORE |
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