Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUESTIONS, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography First Line: What is the secret of your life, browsing ox Last Line: If for you death will gain no life's creating? Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Animals; Oxen | ||||||||
WHAT is the secret of your life, browsing ox, Ox the sweet grass eating? Who strung the mighty sinews in your flesh? Who set that great heart beating? What is the secret of your death, soulless ox, Ox so patiently waiting? Why hath pain wove her net for your brain's anguish? If for you Death will gain no life's creating? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: HERDING THE OX by LUCILLE CLIFTON TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: SEARCHING FOR THE OX by LUCILLE CLIFTON TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: SEEING THE OX by LUCILLE CLIFTON TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: THE OX AND THE MAN BOTH GONE OUT OF SIGHT by LUCILLE CLIFTON TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: RETURNING TO THE ORIGIN, BACK TO THE SOURCE by LUCILLE CLIFTON TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: CATCHING THE OX by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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