Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WATER MOMENT, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The silver eel slips through the waving weeds Last Line: The silver death writhes with the chosen one. Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): England; Landscape; English | ||||||||
THE silver eel slips through the waving weeds, And in the tunnelled shining stone recedes; The earnest eye surveys the crystal pond And guards the cave: the sweet shoals pass beyond. The watery jewels that these have for eyes, The tiger streaks of him that hindmost plies, The red-gold wings that smooth their daring paces, The sunlight dancing about their airs and graces, Burn that strange watcher's heart; then the sly brain Speaks, all the dumb shoal shrieks, and by the stone The silver death writhes with the chosen one. | 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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