Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOLLOWING A BEE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Of primrose boys Last Line: I followed a bee. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Forgiveness; Clemency | ||||||||
Of primrose boys April has many; He seems as fond Of them as any; He shows the world Those boys in gold. But violets are His girls, whom he Shuts up in some Green nunnery: So does he prove His deepest love. April, a girl Of yours is found; High walls of grass Hemmed her around: April, forgive me I followed a bee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FORGIVING MY FATHER by LUCILLE CLIFTON WHAT WE CARRY; FOR DONALD by DORIANNE LAUX THE MAN WITH THE HOE OUTWITTED by EDWIN MARKHAM SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ELMER BARR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS LEAVING CHURCH EARLY by JOHN UPDIKE A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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