Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APPROACHING ELSINORE, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To-morrow I shall be at elsinore Last Line: Hourly the play begins at elsinore. Subject(s): Dramatists; Elsinore, Denmark; Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Dramatists | ||||||||
TO-MORROW I shall be at Elsinore. When by the Thames there was no song to sing They say that he some time the buskin wore In Denmark, and was Player to the King. Of men the living habitation still, They very stones and turrets I shall see That he remembered once, and set the quill, And the words came -- 'Who's there?' -- 'Nay, answer me.' So Avon plied in royal usury, Borrowed a scene and gave a world again, Adding a tragic immortality To the imperial story of the Dane, That in all kingdoms now, for ever more, Hourly the play begins at Elsinore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL |
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