Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REQUITAL, by RUTH INSCHO First Line: A fortnight ago, a thief plundered my zinnias Last Line: Spilled on the maples that brighten the hill Subject(s): Gold | ||||||||
A fortnight ago, a thief plundered my zinnias, Robbing their gold and their scarlet at will. Today, I found all of the gay, flaming color Spilled on the maples that brighten the hill | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MAN SAW A BALL OF GOLD by RON PADGETT THE VINDICTIVES by ROBERT FROST BARELY COMPOSED by ALICE FULTON NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY by ROBERT FROST MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: HER MORAL by THOMAS HOOD THE UNGRATEFUL GARDEN by CAROLYN KIZER SUNKEN GOLD by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON THE KLONDIKE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ANSWER TO PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 5. THE DANCING GIRL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |
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