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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: PRODIGAL SON Matches Found: 8 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BOOK OF DREAMS, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I lay and dreamed. The master came Last Line: And all but me asleep! Subject(s): Birds; Children; Churches; Crucifixion; Death; Desolation; Despair; Dreams; Fathers; Flowers; God; Hope; Lilies; Memory; Prodigal Son; Sleep; Swans; Youth; Childhood; Cathedrals; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The; Nightmares; Optimism PRODIGAL, by ELIZABETH BISHOP Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The brown enormous odor he lived by Last Line: But it took him a long time %finally to make his mind up to go home Variant Title(s): The Prodigal: The Brown Enormous Odor He Lived B Subject(s): Prodigal Son; Smells PRODIGAL, by EDWARD DAVISON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Come home! Our eyes grow feeble now Subject(s): Homecoming; Prodigal Son PRODIGAL SON, by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Except for the flies, except that there is not water Last Line: For little, takes the first step toward home Alternate Author Name(s): Merwin, W. S. Subject(s): Death; Fathers And Sons; Heaven; Prodigal Son SELF-PORTRAIT WITH SASKIA: THE PRODIGAL SON IN THE TAVERN, by STEPHEN FRECH Poem Source First Line: Why reduce myself to rags Last Line: And the good father will forgive me Subject(s): Paintings And Painters; Portraits; Prodigal Son THE PENITENT, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O god of goodness, thou my hope and stay Last Line: Have wander'd far to feed on husks of swine. Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): God; Prodigal Son; Repentance; Sin; Penitence THE PRODIGAL, by ELIZABETH BISHOP Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The brown enormous odor he lived by Variant Title(s): The Prodigal: The Brown Enormous Odor He Lived By Subject(s): Prodigal Son; Smells; Odors; Aromas; Fragrances THE VOICE OF HOME TO THE PRODIGAL, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! When wilt thou return Last Line: Oh! When wilt thou return? Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Homecoming; Prodigal Son |
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