Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEA QUATRAINS, by GRANT HYDE CODE First Line: Too fast the silly white-caps run Last Line: Driven before the gale. Subject(s): Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
I Too fast the silly white-caps run Their helter-skelter races; They stumble when the goal is won And fall upon their faces. II A purple light is shaken over The greener ocean shadows, Like clover on the cooler depths Of grass in upland meadows. III The sea hangs kelp upon the sand Like garlands on a grave, Mourning the dead and silent land With every living wave. IV The breakers thunder in the night With which the sea is drenched. Only one plunging line is white; Even the stars are quenched. V The fairest ship ever a wreck Had not so white a sail As this fair wave cast up to break, Driven before the gale. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS |
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