Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TWO SOLDIERS, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Just at the corner of the wall Last Line: Its tragic shadow there. Subject(s): Soldiers | ||||||||
JUST at the corner of the wall We met - yes, he and I - Who had not faced in camp or hall Since we bade home good-bye, And what once happened came back - all - Out of those years gone by; And that strange woman whom we knew And loved - long dead and gone, Whose poor half-perished residue, Tombless and trod, lay yon, But at this moment to our view Rose like a phantom wan! And in his fixed face I could see, Lit by a lurid shine, The drama re-enact which she Had dyed incarnadine For us, and more. And doubtless he Beheld it too in mine. A start, as at one slightly known; And with an indifferent air We passed, without a sign being shown That, as it real were, A memory-acted scene had thrown Its tragic shadow there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL ARMIES ARE THE SAME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY ABSENT WITH OFFICIAL LEAVE by RANDALL JARRELL PORT OF EMBARKATION by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON OPERATION MEMORY by DAVID LEHMAN AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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