Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAR IS KIND: 31, by STEPHEN CRANE Poet Analysis First Line: Once I saw thee idly rocking Last Line: And make her mourn with my mourning. Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement | ||||||||
Once I saw thee idly rocking -- Idly rocking -- And chattering girlishly to other girls, Bell-voiced, happy, Careless with the stout heart of unscarred womanhood, And life to thee was all light melody. I thought of the great storms of love as I knew it. Torn, miserable, and ashamed of my open sorrow, I thought of the thunders that lived in my head, And I wished to be an ogre, And hale and haul my beloved to a castle, And there use the happy cruel one cruelly, And make her mourn with my mourning. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNGERFIELD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN HECUBA MOURNS by MARILYN NELSON THERE IS NO GOD BUT by AGHA SHAHID ALI IF I COULD MOURN LIKE A MOURNING DOVE by FRANK BIDART THE BLACK RIDERS: 1 by STEPHEN CRANE |
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