Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GYPSY, by EZRA POUND


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE GYPSY, by             Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: That was the top of the walk, when he said
Last Line: With caravans, but never an ape or a bear.


That was the top of the walk, when he said:
"Have you seen any others, any of our lot,
With apes or bears?"
-- A brown upstanding fellow
Not like the half-castes,
up on the wet road near Clermont.
The wind came, and the rain,
And mist clotted about the trees in the valley,
And I'd the long ways behind me,
gray Arles and Biaucaire,
And he said, "Have you seen any of our lot?"
I'd seen a lot of his lot . . .
ever since Rhodez,
Coming down from the fair
of St. John,
With caravans, but never an ape or a bear.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net