Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RESPONSIBILITY, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You ploughman at the gate Last Line: Not beauty, but the flaw. | ||||||||
YOU ploughman at the gate, All that you are for me Is of my mind create, And in my brain to be A figure newly won From the world's confusion. And if you are of grace, That's honesty for me, And if of evil face, Recorded then shall be Dishonour that I saw Not beauty, but the flaw. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOONLIT APPLES by JOHN DRINKWATER 1914-1918: THE DEAD SPEAK by JOHN DRINKWATER A CHRISTMAS NIGHT by JOHN DRINKWATER A DEDICATION by JOHN DRINKWATER A GHOST SPEAKS ON THE STYX by JOHN DRINKWATER A MAN'S DAUGHTER by JOHN DRINKWATER |
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