Poetry Explorer

Search Classic and Contemporary Poetry

Search Results

Back to search

Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Searching...
Subject: DAGGERS
Matches Found: 9

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` INVENTORY, by FRANK STANFORD    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A man came into the store
Subject(s): Knives; Daggers


NEIGHBORS, THROWING KNIVES, by DAVID BOTTOMS    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the woods at the corner of our yards
Last Line: Trellised vines, boxwoods manicured by wives.
Subject(s): Hunting; Knives; Neighbors; Suburbs; Hunters; Daggers


THE CLICK OF THE WIELDED PICK, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Oh, I like to list to the wielded pick
Last Line: And sweet is its metal tone.
Subject(s): Axes; Knives; Labor & Laborers; Hatchets; Daggers; Work; Workers


THE DAFFODILS, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Now through the april land doth pass
Last Line: Yet go we empty through the wood!
Subject(s): Knives; Daggers


THE PAPER KNIFE, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Belinda! Deem not this, my shining blade
Last Line: Till I my entrance and my exit make.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Authors & Authorship; Knives; Daggers


THE SINGING KNIVES, by FRANK STANFORD    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The dogs woke me up
Subject(s): Knives; Hunting; Fish & Fishing; Daggers; Hunters; Anglers


THE SONG OF THE GYPSY BOY, by JEAN RICHEPIN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The hawthorn blossom's white in may
Last Line: Beware! Beware!
Subject(s): Children; Knives; Childhood; Daggers


THREE JUDGES, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Judge knife is very narrow
Last Line: Is wide enough all sides to see.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Knives; Spoons; Tableware; Daggers; Cutlery; Forks; Plates


WHITTLING: A YANKEE PORTRAIT, by JOHN PIERPONT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The yankee boy, before he's sent to school
Last Line: That there's go in it, and he'll make it go.
Variant Title(s): Whittling: A National Portrait
Subject(s): Children; Knives; Childhood; Daggers