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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CREOLE TRIPTYCH: 2. THE PLAINSMAN, by JOSE SANTOS CHOCANO First Line: In his bronze face a something sombre shows Last Line: Like some light rainbow o'er the cataracts. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Prairies; Work; Workers; Plains | |||
IN his bronze face a something sombre shows, Perhaps the effect of distances that spread In oceans of pure verdure round his shed. Toiling he marks his furrow holdings close; Beneath his kindly hand his harvest grows; He breaks his foal and bits him where he fed Upon the plain; and by some trifle led, Plunges in midstream where the torrent flows. A single blow and a great bull lies low; Across the thicket his machete tears, And so to love with singing does he go; For love of woman on his spirit acts, And on his savage nature radiance bears, Like some light rainbow o'er the cataracts. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LEFT-HANDED POEM by JAMES GALVIN NO COMPLAINTS; FOR ROBERT GRENIER by ANSELM HOLLO POINT OF ROCKS, TEXAS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAIRIE HOUSES by BARBARA GUEST AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE PRAIRIES by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT TO MAKE A PRAIRIE by EMILY DICKINSON THE PRAIRIE-GRASS DIVIDING by WALT WHITMAN SYMPHONY OF THE SOIL by EVA K. ANGLESBURG A CREOLE TRIPTYCH: 1. THE DANDY by JOSE SANTOS CHOCANO |
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