Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FARTHEST THUNDER THAT I HEARD, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Its explanation found Subject(s): Storms | ||||||||
The farthest Thunder that I heard Was nearer than the Sky And rumbles still, though torrid Noons Have lain their missiles by - The Lightning that preceded it Struck no one but myself - But I would not exchange the Bolt For all the rest of Life - Indebtedness to Oxygen The Happy may repay, But not the obligation To Electricity - It founds the Homes and decks the Days And every clamor bright Is but the gleam concomitant Of that waylaying Light - The Thought is quiet as a Flake - A Crash without a Sound, How Life's reverberation Its Explanation found | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STORM AT HOPTIME by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THERE IS A SOLEMN WIND TONIGHT by KATHERINE MANSFIELD DEWEY AND DANCER by JOSEPHINE MILES MICHAEL IS AFRAID OF THE STORM by GWENDOLYN BROOKS BREACHING THE ROCK by MADELINE DEFREES THE CLOUDS ABOVE THE OCEAN by STEPHEN DOBYNS OF POLITICS, & ART by NORMAN DUBIE |
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