Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WOMAN IN THE RYE, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why do you stand in the dripping rye Last Line: Wrapt in a peace withheld from me!' Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement | ||||||||
'WHY do you stand in the dripping rye, Cold-lipped, unconscious, wet to the knee, When there are firesides near?' said I. 'I told him I wished him dead,' said she. 'Yea, cried it in my haste to one Whom I had loved, whom I well loved still; And die he did. And I hate the sun, And stand here lonely, aching, chill; 'Stand waiting, waiting under skies That blow reproach, the while I see The rooks sheer off to where he lies Wrapt in a peace withheld from me!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNGERFIELD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN HECUBA MOURNS by MARILYN NELSON THERE IS NO GOD BUT by AGHA SHAHID ALI IF I COULD MOURN LIKE A MOURNING DOVE by FRANK BIDART AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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