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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AWARE, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Bones wrenched, weak whimper, lids wrinkled, first dazzle known
Last Line: Seen yes or no. Before which argument my buts are imprudent
Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H.
First Line: Bones wrenched, weak whimper, lids wrinkled, first dazzle known
Last Line: Seen yes or no. Before which argument my buts are imprudent
Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H.
Bones wrenched, weak whimper, lids wrinkled, first dazzle known,
World-wonder hardens as bigness, years; brings knowledge, you.
Rank presence-smell a rich mould augurs for roots urged,
Eased by mucous tenderness, to absorb the Word
Which was before began; flesh-dough suffills to spilling
Concave of spirit-so you here I have: but gone,
The soul is tetanous; gun-barrel burnishing
In summer grass, mind lies to tarnish, untouched, undoing,
Though body stir, hand hold a spade, leg lever ground,
Sweat trickle down to loin; these, squat as idols, brood
Infuriate the fire with bellows, blank till sleep
And two-faced dream-'I want' voiced treble as once
Crudely through flowers till dunghill cock-crow, crack at East.
Eyes, unwashed jewels, the glass-floor slipping, feel, know Day,
Life, stripped to girders, monochrome. Deceit of instinct,
Figure, feature, form, irrelevant, dismissed,
Ought passes through points fair plotted; and you conform,
Seen yes or no. Before which argument my buts are imprudent.
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