Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FACADE: 4. THE WIND'S BASTINADO, by EDITH SITWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The wind's bastinado Last Line: Of bunched leaves let her singing die. | ||||||||
THE wind's bastinado Whipt on the calico Skin of the Macaroon And the black Picaroon Beneath the galloon Of the midnight sky. Came the great Soldan In his sedan Floating his fan -- Saw what the sly Shadow's cocoon In the barracoon Held. Out they fly. "This melon, Sir Mammon, Comes out of Babylon: Buy for a patacoon -- Sir, you must buy!" Said Il Magnifico Pulling a fico -- With a stoccado And a gambado, Making a wry Face: "This corraceous Round orchidaceous Laceous porraceous Fruit is a lie! It is my friend King Pharaoh's head That nodding blew out of the Pyramid. . . ." . . . The tree's small corinths Were hard as jacinths, For it is winter and cold winds sigh. . . No nightingale In her farthingale Of bunched leaves let her singing die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUCOLIC COMEDY: EARLY SPRING by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: FLEECING TIME by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: FOX TROT by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR MAID by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: SERENADE by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: SPINNING SONG by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: SPRING by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: THE BEAR by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: THE DOLL by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: THE FOX; FOR ANN PEARN by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: WHY by EDITH SITWELL ELEGY: THE GHOST WHOSE LIPS WERE WARM; FOR GEOFFREY GORER by EDITH SITWELL |
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