Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUMMER DAY, by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: In spring before the dawn we see | ||||||||
With us in springtime, until dawn, In orchards blazing bonfires flame #NAME? When fertile rites received acclaim. The virgin soil is dried and baked, And steaming vapors from it swarm, And all the earth is fire-caked As are in winter stove-beds warm. When toiling and in earth engrossed, My shirt I strip and throw away, With scorching sun my back is glossed And baked like some big lump of clay. And standing where the heat's most hot, And with my eyes half in a daze, From head to foot, upon this spot, I'm covered with a coat of glaze. But when the night invades my room, And I peep through the windows dimmed, As jugs are filled, so with the bloom Of lilac, moisture, I am brimmed. It washes off the outer shell Of walls' cooled evening face, And offers it to any girl, Born here and native of this place. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON EARLY TRAINS by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK THE PROXY by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK IN EVERYTHING I SEEK TO GRASP by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK DO NOT TOUCH by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK DROWSY GARDEN by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK WE'RE FEW by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK TO A FRIEND by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK OUT OF SUPERSTITION by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK IMPROVISATION by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK WAVES: 1 by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK |
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