Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DAWN, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I would be ignorant as the dawn Last Line: Ignorant and wanton as the dawn. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Dawn; Ignorance | ||||||||
I WOULD be ignorant as the dawn That has looked down On that old queen measuring a town With the pin of a brooch, Or on the withered men that saw From their pedantic Babylon The careless planets in their courses, The stars fade out where the moon comes, And took their tablets and did sums; I would be ignorant as the dawn That merely stood, rocking the glittering coach Above the cloudy shoulders of the horses; I would be -- for no knowledge is worth a straw -- Ignorant and wanton as the dawn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE SIMPLE PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA by NORMAN DUBIE I'M WITH STUPID by PETER JOHNSON ELECTION DAY, 1984 by CAROLYN KIZER AN AMERICAN IN BANGKOK by KAREN SWENSON FESTOONS OF FISHES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG TO A BLOCKHEAD by ALEXANDER POPE THE CASE OF SABRINA SIMPSON USCH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A BIT OF MULL by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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