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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Houses -- / the dark side silhouetted
Last Line: "what do I care!"
Subject(s): Night
First Line: Houses -- / the dark side silhouetted
Last Line: "what do I care!"
Subject(s): Night
Houses --
the dark side silhouetted
on flashes of moonlight!
The air -- full of
invisible snow!
At the end of the street --
chrysanthemums in
a lighted window:
white and pink globes
in clusters massed!
They grow clearer
nearer . . . nearer!
I will reach them! !
(if I continue)
The window
is full of flowers --
more than I imagined . . .
They are gone!
The flower girl
has switched off the light.
Moon-shine
street lamps in my face.
"What do I care!"
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