Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS OF ABEL SHUFFLEBOTTOM: 1. DELIA AT PLAY, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She held a cup and ball of ivory white Last Line: Who on that dart impales my bosom's gem? Subject(s): Beauty; Desire; Man-woman Relationships; Play; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Women; Male-female Relations | ||||||||
SHE held a cup and ball of ivory white, Less white the ivory than her snowy hand! Enrapt I watch'd her from my secret stand, As now, intent, in innocent delight, Her taper fingers twirl'd the giddy ball, Now tost it, following still with eagle sight, Now on the pointed end infix'd its fall. Marking her sport I mused, and musing sigh'd, Methought the ball she play'd with was my heart! (Alas! that sport like that should be her pride!) And the keen point which steadfast still she eyed Wherewith to pierce it, that was Cupid's dart; Shall I not then the cruel fair condemn Who on that dart impales my bosom's gem? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISERY AND SPLENDOR by ROBERT HASS THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA by ROBERT HASS DOUBLE SONNET by ANTHONY HECHT CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE SUPERBIA: A TRIUMPH WITH NO TRAIN by MARY KINZIE COUNSEL TO UNREASON by LEONIE ADAMS TWENTY QUESTIONS by DAVID LEHMAN BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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