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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DIVERTIMIENTO, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Miserable little woman / in a brown coat-- / quit whining
Last Line: Three wives and twenty-two children.
Subject(s): Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
First Line: Miserable little woman / in a brown coat-- / quit whining
Last Line: Three wives and twenty-two children.
Subject(s): Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Miserable little woman
in a brown coat --
quit whining!
My hand for you!
We'll skip down the tin cornices
of Main Street
flicking the dull roof-line
with our toe-tips!
Hop clear of the bank! A
pin-wheel round the white flag-pole.
And I'll sing you the while
a thing to split your sides
about Johann Sebastian Bach,
the father of music, who had
three wives and twenty-two children.
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