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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET TO MAN-MADE GRANDEUR, by JOHN UPDIKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The pyramids rooted in a rubble of beggars and bored camels Last Line: Majesty! We have lifted you up on the backs of slaves %whoselives you still hold as the curved earth Subject(s): Churches; Graves; Monuments; Pantheon, Rome; Parthenon; Pyramids | |||
View Poem Text | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE PYRAMIDS by NORMAN DUBIE SONNET TO MAN-MADE GRANDEUR by JOHN UPDIKE TRUMMERFRAUEN (THE RUBBLE-WOMEN) by ELEANOR WILNER PELTERS OF PYRAMIDS by RICHARD HENGIST (HENRY) HORNE THE SCARAB by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS THE SONG OF THE PYRAMID-BUILDERS by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP THE GREAT PYRAMID by HERMAN MELVILLE PYRAMIDS by LLOYD FRANK MERRELL THE WRITER by JOHN COWPER POWYS THE SOCIOLOGY OF TOYOTAS AND JADE CHRYSANTHEMUMS by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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