Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MANA ABODA, by THOMAS ERNEST HULME Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mana aboda, whose bent form Last Line: "josephs all, not tall enough to try." Alternate Author Name(s): Hulme, T. E. Subject(s): Beauty | ||||||||
Beauty is the marking-time, the stationary vibration, the feigned ecstasy of an arrested impulse unable to reach its natural end. Mana Aboda, whose bent form The sky in arched circle is, Seems ever for an unknown grief to mourn. Yet on a day I heard her cry: "I weary of the roses and the singing poets -- Josephs all, not tall enough to try." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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