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 | ||||||||
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 |
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