Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CORNISH VILLAGES, by MARK VAN DOREN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They are nothing but sifted Last Line: Keeping them keen! Subject(s): Cornwall, England; Villages | ||||||||
They are nothing but sifted Sand in the folds Of round hills lifted, I think, from molds, So smoothly they rise, And so grittily sound The names -- Pengrise, Trelithick, Germound -- Of the flint-gray places Beneath and between. Hear the wind on their faces Keeping them keen! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOURS; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE STREETS OF PEARL AND GOLD by CAROLYN KIZER THE LITTLE VILLAGE by ERIC PANKEY VILLAGE IN LATE SUMMER by CARL SANDBURG IN THE BERKSHIRE HILLS by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE DESERTED VILLAGE by OLIVER GOLDSMITH CITY AND VILLAGE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON |
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