Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSOMNIA, by JOHN DAVIDSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He wakened quivering on a golden rack Last Line: Implacably intent upon their task. Subject(s): Insomnia; Wealth; Sleeplessness; Riches; Fortunes | ||||||||
HE wakened quivering on a golden rack Inlaid with gems: no sign of change, no fear Or hope of death came near; Only the empty ether hovered black About him stretched upon his living bier, Of old by Merlin's Master deftly wrought: Two Seraphim of Gabriel's helpful race In that far nook of space With iron levers wrenched and held him taut. The Seraph at his head was Agony; Delight, more terrible, stood at his feet: Their sixfold pinions beat The darkness, or were spread immovably Poising the rack, whose jewelled fabric meet To strain a god, did fitfully unmask With olive light of chrysoprases dim The smiling Seraphim Implacably intent upon their task. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL LIFE IN A LIFE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA by WILLIAM MATTHEWS IMAGINE YOURSELF by EVE MERRIAM THE PROPHET by LUCILLE CLIFTON I AM FIFTY-TWO YEARS OLD' by KENNETH REXROTH LAST VISIT TO THE SWIMMING POOL SOVIETS by KENNETH REXROTH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG ANARCHIST by KENNETH REXROTH A BALLAD OF HELL by JOHN DAVIDSON |
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