Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A ROUGH SKETCH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I caught, for a second, across the crowd Last Line: And nose like the beak of a bird of prey! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faces; Moon; Nature | ||||||||
I caught, for a second, across the crowd -- Just for a second, and barely that -- A face, pox-pitted and evil-browed, Hid in the shade of a slouch-rim'd hat -- With small gray eyes, of a look as keen As the long, sharp nose that grew between. And I said: 'Tis a sketch of Nature's own, Drawn I' the dark o' the moon, I swear, On a tatter of Fate that the winds have blown Hither and thither and everywhere -- With its keen little sinister eyes of gray, And nose like the beak of a bird of prey! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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