Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN OATS WERE REAPED, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That day when oats were reaped, and wheat was ripe, and barley ripening Last Line: Nor a bill of any bird; and no response accorded she. | ||||||||
THAT day when oats were reaped, and wheat was ripe, and barley ripening, The road-dust hot, and the bleaching grasses dry, I walked along and said, While looking just ahead to where some silent people lie: 'I wounded one who's there, and now know well I wounded her; But, ah, she does not know that she wounded me!' And not an air stirred, Nor a bill of any bird; and no response accorded she. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEN WHO MARCH AWAY' (SONG OF THE SOLDIERS) by THOMAS HARDY A BROKEN APPOINTMENT by THOMAS HARDY A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY; CHRISTMAS-EVE 1899 by THOMAS HARDY A THOUGHT IN TWO MOODS by THOMAS HARDY A THUNDERSTORM IN TOWN by THOMAS HARDY A TRAMPWOMAN'S TRAGEDY by THOMAS HARDY A WIFE IN LONDON by THOMAS HARDY ACCORDING TO THE MIGHTY WORKING by THOMAS HARDY |
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