Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A QUESTION, by CAROLYN WELLS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Maid, with your cheeks and chin Last Line: Had he to sing you? Subject(s): Beauty; Household Employees; Servants; Domestics; Maids | ||||||||
Maid, with your cheeks and chin Deeply magenta; Lips like the peppers in Well-dressed Polenta; Nose, white as any clown Seen in the circus; Smudged lashes fringing down O'er your eyes' turkis; Skirts nearly to your knee, Sleeves to your shoulder; Modes bold as bold can be, Or a bit bolder; Maid, from your shoe-heels, built Slender and spool-like, Up to your hat, a-tilt, Perfectly fool-like, Frankly I will admit I think you're pretty; With me you've made a hit -- I've made a ditty. Only, sweet maid, this stray Query I fling you: What would O. Seaman say, Had he to sing you? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IBIS; FOR LORI GOLDENSOHN by NORMAN DUBIE PLAINT OF THE POET IN AN IGNORANT AGE by CAROLYN KIZER LEDA'S HANDMAIDEN by ELEANOR WILNER THE HOUSEKEEPER by ROBERT FROST |
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