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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF GUILLAUME'S DEATH HAD BEEN CHRISTIAN, by MAX JACOB Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: And I'd been so sure he was going to die that through my tears I'd Last Line: Guillaume apollinaire. But finish your drawing of his death and put a %silhouette of me on the lower | |||
And I'd been so sure he was going to die that through my tears I'd drawn him on his deathbed. I must confess I even had formal con-cerns. Next day he was walking around Paris, strong and majestic. One morning at Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre two big black cats squeezed me between them. A voice said "Don't be afraid!" Sacré Coeur looked like one of those pink fortresses that adorn the summits of Italian hills and he, Guillaume, high above, was like a bird with a man's head. Was he dead, our dear lyricist? My drawing wasn't finished. I bumped into him leading a group of disciples: was it he or Dante? Very much alive. Of course! Guillaume was not dead. A stout and clever priest said to me "There's no one more alive than Guillaume Apollinaire. But finish your drawing of his death and put a silhouette of me on the lower left-hand side." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANCHORED TO THE INFINITE by EDWIN MARKHAM HELEN OF TROY by SARA TEASDALE TO A YOUNG ASS; ITS MOTHER BEING TETHERED NEAR IT by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE PUTTIN' THE BABY AWAY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR I HAVE LOVED by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS QUATORZAINS: 11. A CLOCK STRIKING AT MIDNIGHT by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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