Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUNRISE, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The east is yellow as a daffodil Last Line: The little boats, like torches, start ablaze. Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise | ||||||||
THE east is yellow as a daffodil. Three steeples -- three stark swarthy arms -- are thrust Up from the town. The gnarled poplars thrill Down the long street in some keen salty gust -- Straight from the sea and all the sailing ships -- Turn white, black, white again, with noises sweet And swift. Back to the night the last star slips. High up the air is motionless, a sheet Of light. The east grows yellower apace, And trembles: then, once more, and suddenly, The salt wind blows, and in that moment's space Flame roofs, and poplar-tops, and steeples three; From out the mist that wraps the river-ways, The little boats, like torches, start ablaze. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BURNING DAWN by HAYDEN CARRUTH DAWN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN THE GARDEN AT THE DAWN HOUR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EARLY RISER by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE WORDS WHEN WE NEED THEM by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE A CHRISTMAS FOLK-SONG by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE |
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