Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOLD, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All day the mallet thudded far below Last Line: With aching arms I beat fine gold for bread | ||||||||
All day the mallet thudded, far below My garret, in an old ramshackle shed Where ceaselessly, with stiffly nodding head And rigid motions ever to and fro A figure like a puppet in a show Before the window moved till day was dead, Beating out gold to earn his daily bread, Beating out thin fine gold-leaf blow on blow. And I within my garret all day long To that unceasing thudding tuned my song, Beating out golden words in tune and time To that dull thudding, rhyme on golden rhyme. But in my dreams all night in that dark shed With aching arms I beat fine gold for bread | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE LINES by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON BREAKFAST by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON FLANNAN ISLE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON FOR G. by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON GERANIUMS by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON LAMENT by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RETREAT by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RUPERT BROOKE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON THE GORSE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON THE ICE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON |
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