Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CAT'S EXAMPLE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: For three whole days I and my cat Last Line: Would burn up any human lover. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Love; Passion; Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
For three whole days I and my cat Have come up here, and patiently sat We sit and wait on silent Time; He for a mouse that scratched close by, At a hole where he sets his eye And I for some music and rhyme. Is this the Poet's secret, that He waits in patience, like this cat, To start a dream from under cover? A cat's example, too, in love, With Passion's every trick and move, Would burn up any human lover. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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