Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HER HAIR, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The beauty of her hair bewilders me Last Line: Whipped out in flossy ravelings of gold. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Beauty; Hair | ||||||||
THE beauty of her hair bewilders me -- Pouring adown the brow, its cloven tide Swirling about the ears on either side And storming round the neck tumultuously: Or like the lights of old antiquity Through mullioned windows, in cathedrals wide, Spilled moltenly o'er figures deified In chastest marble, nude of drapery. And so I love it. -- Either unconfined; Or plaited in close braidings manifold; Or smoothly drawn; or indolently twined In careless knots whose coilings come unrolled At any lightest kiss; or by the wind Whipped out in flossy ravelings of gold. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PORTRAIT WITH BROWN HAIR by DONALD JUSTICE OPENING HER JEWEL BOX by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THE BLONDE SONATA by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THE SONG CALLED HIS HIDE IS COVERED WITH HAIR by HILAIRE BELLOC THE WOMEN WITH FABLED HAIR by MADELINE DEFREES DECRYPTING THE MESSAGE by EDWARD FIELD A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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