Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 7, by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like an enfranchised bird, who wildly springs Last Line: My heart still feels the weight of that remembered chain. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Pearce; Stirling-maxwell, Lady; Norton, The Honourable Mrs. Caroline Subject(s): Freedom; Love - Loss Of; Liberty | ||||||||
Like an enfranchised bird, who wildly springs, With a keen sparkle in his glancing eye And a strong effort in his quivering wings, Up to the blue vault of the happy sky, -- So my enamored heart, so long thine own, At length from Love's imprisonment set free, Goes forth into the open world alone, Glad and exulting in its liberty: But like that helpless bird, (confined so long, His weary wings have lost all power to soar,) Who soon forgets to trill his joyous song, And, feebly fluttering, sinks to earth once more, -- So, from its former bonds released in vain, My heart still feels the weight of that remembered chain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER BINGEN ON THE RHINE by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON I DO NOT LOVE THEE by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON |
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