Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I HAD A GUINEA GOLDEN, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Beneath the sun may find Subject(s): Absense | ||||||||
I had a guinea golden - I lost it in the sand - And tho' the sum was simple And pounds were in the land - Still, had it such a value Unto my frugal eye - That when I could not find it- I sat me down to sigh. I had a crimson Robin - Who sang full many a day But when the woods were painted - He - too - did fly away - Time brought me other Robins - Their ballads were the same - Still, for my missing Troubadour I kept the "house at hame". I had a star in heaven - One "Pleiad" was it's name - And when I was not heeding, It wandered from the same - And tho' the skies are crowded - And all the night ashine - I do not care about it - Since none of them are mine - My story has a moral - I have a missing friend - "Pleiad" it's name - and Robin - And guinea in the sand - And when this mournful ditty Accompanied with tear - Shall meet the eye of traitor In country far from here - Grant that repentance solemn May seize opon his mind - And he no consolation Beneath the sun may find. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DISCORDANTS: 2 by CONRAD AIKEN DISCORDANTS: 5 by CONRAD AIKEN SAD SONNET DONE by TIMOTHY LIU OF ANY OLD MAN by ISAAC ROSENBERG SONNET: 16 by RICHARD BARNFIELD THE FACE WE CHOOSE TO MISS by EMILY DICKINSON |
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