Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LATER LIFE: A DOUBLE SONNET OF SONNETS, 13, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shame is a shadow cast by sin: yet shame Last Line: Man to himself, -- then sets him up on high. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Shame | ||||||||
Shame is a shadow cast by sin: yet shame Itself may be a glory and a grace, Refashioning the sin-disfashioned face; A nobler bruit than hollow-sounded fame, A new-lit lustre on a tarnished name, One virtue pent within an evil place, Strength for the fight, and swiftness for the race, A stinging salve, a life-requickening flame. A slave so searching we may scarcely live, A flame so fierce it seems that we must die, An actual cautery thrust into the heart: Nevertheless, men die not of such smart; And shame gives back what nothing else can give, Man to himself, -- then sets him up on high. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CELLAR by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR KITCHEN LINOLEUM by AUDRE LORDE SAINT RITA / SANTA RITA by PAT MORA PUT YOU TO SHAME by ALICE NOTLEY AURENG-ZEBE, OR THE GREAT MOGUL: PROLOGUE by JOHN DRYDEN TROUBLE WITH MATH IN A ONE-ROOM COUNTRY SCHOOL by JANE KENYON SHAME by CHARLES KENNETH WILLIAMS IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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