Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUTUMN WHIMSIES, by DAISY WRIGHT FIELD First Line: The poplar is an old woman, Last Line: Even into the winter of her discontent! Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Wright Subject(s): Cedar Trees; Poplar Trees | ||||||||
The poplar is an old woman, Whose charms have been sacrificed on the altar of marriage, And whose drab garments Are whipping about her attenuated limbs. The cedar is a wise virgin, Who has not spent her passion, But has conserved her comeliness Against the winter of life, And is wrapped decently In the green mantle of discreetness. The sumac is a wanton, Flaming out her short-lived glory In a brief holocaust of love -- And bearing the blackened and withered seeds Of her unfulfilled destinies Even into the winter of her discontent! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE POPLAR FIELD by WILLIAM COWPER BINSEY POPLARS (FELLED 1879) by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE TEARS OF THE POPLARS by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS POPLARS by ELIZABETH H. EMERSON THE HAPPY PAIR by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE PLANTING THE POPLAR by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY RATIONAL MAN by ROLFE HUMPHRIES STRIFE AND PEACE by JEAN INGELOW THE THREE POPLARS by PHILIP FRANCIS LITTLE |
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