Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLAGE GREEN, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The thatched roofs green with moss and grass stand round Last Line: With trousers daubed in mire and face all black. Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): England; Landscape; Soccer; Villages; English | ||||||||
THE thatched roofs green with moss and grass stand round, And earthy walls seem growing from the ground, Bold pipe the missel-bird and blue-cap gay From white-bloomed plum, nor fear the yokels' play; Who on the wet green whirl the ball about With monstrous shambling kicks; and in and out Among them plays the mongrel black and young As pleased as any there, and lolls his tongue. But near the postman watching "how she flies" The older dog looks on with pitying eyes, And thinks it only Tom-fool play, and droops His weary head away when laughter whoops To see tripped longshanks floundering on his back With trousers daubed in mire and face all black. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE GHOSTS IN ENGLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS STAYING UP FOR ENGLAND by LIAM RECTOR STONE AND FLOWER by KENNETH REXROTH THE HANGED MAN by KENNETH REXROTH ENGLISH TRAIN COMPARTMENT by JOHN UPDIKE ALMSWOMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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