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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOD RULES, by E. SERENA BOOTH First Line: A wild destruction struck out in the west Last Line: Is calmed by him and can no longer reign. Subject(s): God; Sonnet (as Literary Form) | |||
A wild destruction struck out in the west: Embracing winds tore trees from parks and hills, Ripped roofs from houses, windows from their sills, And played weird pranks of havoc as a jest. At last the storm has worn itself to rest, The lashing wind no longer shrieks and shrills. A calm has settled on the earth that stills Our fears. We mend our homes -- the bird rebuilds her nest. We know not where the wind that fills the night May wreak its vengance on the world again. We know not when disaster next may blight Which house will crush and fall beneath the strain. But God rules all -- the wind that has such might Is calmed by Him and can no longer reign. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAS THAT REALLY A SONNET? by ANSELM HOLLO RETICENT SONNET by ANNE CARSON SONNET: OF THREE GIRLS AND OF THEIR TALK by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO WHAT THE SONNET IS by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON ON A MAGAZINE SONNET by RUSSELL HILLARD LOINES THE HOUSE OF LIFE: THE SONNET (INTRODUCTION) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE NEW APOCRYPHA: BUSINESS REVERSES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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