Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO SONNETS TO MY WIFE, by MAXWELL BODENHEIM Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because her voice is schonberg in a dream Last Line: She slaps its face and laughs at its surprise! Subject(s): Voices | ||||||||
I Because her voice is Schonberg in a dream In which his harshness plays with softer keys This does not mean that it is void of ease And cannot gather to a strolling gleam. Her voice is full of manners, and they seem To place a masquerade on thought and tease Its strength until it finds that it has knees, And whimsically leaves its heavy scheme. Discords can be the search of harmony For worlds that lie beyond the reach of poise And must be captured with abandoned hands. The music of my wife strives to be free, And often takes a light unbalanced voice While madly walking over thoughtful lands. II My wife relents to life and does not speak Each moment with a deft and rapid note. Sometimes a clumsy weirdness finds her throat And ushers in a music that is weak And bargains with the groping of her heart. But even then she plays with graver tones That do not sell themselves to laughs and moans, But seek the counsel of a deeper art. She drapes her loud emotions in a shroud Of glistening thought that waves above their dance, And sometimes parts to show their startled eyes. The depths of mind within her have not bowed To sleek emotion with its amorous glance. She slaps its face and laughs at its surprise! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VOICES OF THE AIR by KATHERINE MANSFIELD FIVE EASY POEMS; FOR ANNE-MARIE ALBIACH: 4 (MEZZA VOICE) by MICHAEL PALMER A SINGING VOICE by KENNETH REXROTH A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER DEATH (1) by MAXWELL BODENHEIM |
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