Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON FINDING MYSELF A SOLDIER, by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My bud was backward to unclose Last Line: A heart more red than blood. Subject(s): World War I; First World War | ||||||||
My bud was backward to unclose, A pretty baby-queen, Furled petal-tips of creamy rose Caught in a clasp of green. Somehow, I never thought to doubt That when her heart should show She would be coloured in as out, Like the flush of dawn on snow: But yesterday aghast I found. Where last I'd left the bud, Twelve flamy pearls ringed around A heart more red than blood. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN COUNTING THE BEATS by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES |
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