Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BATTLE PICTURE, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three mounted buglers laced in gold Last Line: All the mad plumes dance for joy! Subject(s): War | ||||||||
Three mounted buglers laced in gold, Sidelong veering, light in seat, High on the crest of battle rolled Ere yet the surge is downward beat, The pennoned trumpets lightly hold -- Mark how they snatch the swift occasion To thrill their rearward invocation -- While the sabres, never coy, Ring responses as they ride; And, like breakers of the tide, All the mad plumes dance for joy! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I AM YOUR WAITER TONIGHT AND MY NAME IS DIMITRI by ROBERT HASS MITRAILLIATRICE by ERNEST HEMINGWAY RIPARTO D'ASSALTO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAR VOYEURS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SO MANY BLOOD-LAKES by ROBINSON JEFFERS FORMERLY A SLAVE' (AN IDEALIZED PORTRAIT, BY E. VEDDER) by HERMAN MELVILLE THE COMING STORM' (A PICTURE BY R. S. GIFFORD) by HERMAN MELVILLE A DIRGE FOR MCPHERSON; KILLED IN FRONT OF ATLANTA by HERMAN MELVILLE |
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