Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MASK OF GAIETY, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis strange to think, if we could fling aside Last Line: These are the bars, the curtains to the breast. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Facades; Appearances | ||||||||
'TIS strange to think, if we could fling aside The mask and mantle many wear from pride, How much would be, we now so little guess, Deep in each heart's undream'd, unsought recess! The careless smile, like a bright banner borne; The laughlike merriment; the lip of scorn; And for a cloak, what is there that can be So difficult to pierce as gaiety? Too dazzling to be scanned, the gloomy brow Seems to hide something it would not avow; But mocking words, light laugh, and ready jest, These are the bars, the curtains to the breast. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TRANSPOSITIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON PEOPLE'S SURROUNDINGS by MARIANNE MOORE APPEARANCE AND REALITY by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER NURSING HOME: THE DOLL by KAREN SWENSON OFFICE PARTY: DISTAFF VIEW by KAREN SWENSON ON SOMETHING THAT WALKS SOMEWHERE by BEN JONSON BLACK GIRL by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS THE FASHION by JOSEPH BEAUMONT THE UNKNOWN WOMAN by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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