Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CASCA, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Butchers are honest though their agile knives Last Line: White as the lily. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
Butchers are honest though their agile knives They wield with an engrossed dexterity. To smile with natural hatred like a dog, Dull, fretful, thirsty; -- this is to be he Who may unheated lave in burning blood Hands white and large with idleness and sleep. He is earth's hero -- this plain, bloated Casca. He glides like a great woman; while a hare Squats in his shaggy breast, and stares, and trembles If peeps the lightning in. So, let him pass; His bloody hands his chosen orators. There is much pig's flesh in a world of swine, White as the lily. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALONE (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE AN EPITAPH by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ARABIA by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE BUNCHES OF GRAPES by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ECHO by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ENGLAND (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE FARE WELL by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE FIVE EYES by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE JOHN MOULDY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE MOTLEY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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