Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REWARD AND PUNISHMENT, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poet's Biography First Line: You are the best and the worst of everything you require Last Line: You shall be for yourself both the praise and the blame. Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D. Subject(s): Evil; Good; Praise; Punishment | ||||||||
You are the best and the worst of everything you require. If you have looked on shame willingly, yours is the shame. You are the evil you mean, and you are the good you desire; You shall be for yourself both the praise and the blame. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLUMNS AND CARYATIDS: 1. THE WIFE by CAROLYN KIZER CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by CAROLYN KIZER THE UNJUSTLY PUNISHED CHILD by SHARON OLDS NOT QUITE SOCIAL by ROBERT FROST TO THE UNKNOWN EROS: BOOK 1: 10. THE TOYS by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY EXPLANATION by VIRGINIA A. ALLIN |
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