Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DEFINITION OF CREATIVENESS, by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK


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DEFINITION OF CREATIVENESS, by             Poem Explanation         Poet's Biography
First Line: With shirt burst open wide, it stands
Last Line: Hoarded by the heart of man.


With shirt burst open wide, it stands,
maned as Beethoven's bust, and tight
holds the chessmen in upturned hands
dream and conscience, love and night.

A certain ebony king: in rage,
anguished, still prepares for doom
the world, a warrior engaged
in riding the pawn-plodders down.

In gardens where from cellars of ice
the stars in fragrance rise again,
(a nightingale in Isolde's vine)
chokes Tristan's freezing-throb of pain.

Pools, gardens, palings, in their fashion --
seethed with white tears, the whole great span
of things -- are only types of passion
hoarded by the heart of man.





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