Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I SIT UP HERE AT MIDNIGHT, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Her heart is on the deep Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Housewives | ||||||||
I sit up here at midnight, The wind is in the street, The rain besieges the windows Like the sound of many feet. I see the street lamps flicker, I see them wink and fail; The streets are wet and empty, It blows an easterly gale. Some think of the fisher skipper Beyond the Inchcape stone; But I of the fisher woman That lies at home alone. She raises herself on her elbow And watches the firelit floor; Her eyes are bright with terror, Her heart beats fast and sore. Between the roar of the flurries, When the tempest holds its breath, She holds her breathing also''" It is all as still as death. She can hear the cinders dropping, The cat that purrs in its sleep''" The foolish fisher woman! Her heart is on the deep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY GOODWIFE PLAYING THE VIRGINALS; AFTER A PAINTING BY DE WITTE by ELAINE TERRANOVA WASHING-DAY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD I STOP WRITING THE POEM by TESS GALLAGHER THE FARMER'S BRIDE by CHARLOTTE MEW THE YOUNG HOUSEWIFE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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