Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REALIZATION, by GLADYS CROMWELL Poet's Biography First Line: There is one syllable that stirs me: war Last Line: God, let me apprehend this nearer strife! Subject(s): Death; England; France; War; World War I; Dead, The; English; First World War | ||||||||
THERE is one syllable that stirs me: War! I picture what the mortal strife must be Of Nations clad in youth and bravery. I hear the voice of human anguish more Compelling than it ever was before. Across the universe, beyond the sea, New life is spilled into infinity, And the waves tell it moaning on our shore. How comes it bleaker sorrow I can bear; The combat starkly drawn, a street, a square Away? The souls intrenched in frigid line To fight for purposes no kings define; -- For purposes as grim to them as life? God, let me apprehend this nearer strife! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES |
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