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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: RECESSIONS Matches Found: 22 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "THE TWEED RING, 1868", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The great moguls of gotham! Their proud purses Last Line: Sleeps in the throttles of this ruthless three Subject(s): "depressions, Economic;income Tax;money;social Classes;tammany Hall, New York City;tweed, William Marcy [boss] (1823-78);wealth;" Recessions;caste;riches;fortunes 534, by JOHN MASEFIELD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For ages you were rock, far below light Last Line: Of those who speed your launching come to be. Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Queen Mary (ship); Sea; Unemployment; Recessions; British Empire; England - Empire; Ocean A PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY, by JOHN MASEFIELD Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O god, whose mercy is our state Last Line: With wisdom that can never end. Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Depressions, Economic; George V, King Of England (1865-1936); Prayer; Religion; Recessions; Theology BAGPIPE MUSIC, by FREDERICK LOUIS MACNEICE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no go the rickshaw Alternate Author Name(s): Macneice, Louis Subject(s): Bagpipes; Blavatsky, Helena P. (1831-1891); Depressions, Economic; Music & Musicians; Musical Instruments; Scotland; Theosophy; Recessions BREAD LINES, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Good god! What keeps men up so late / upon this dripping night Last Line: "some day they'll have to answer us, whether they will or no!" Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Hunger; Poverty; Recessions DEPRESSION, by CHARLES REZNIKOFF Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So proudly she came into the subway car Subject(s): Unemployment; Disappointment; Poverty; Indifference; Depressions, Economic; Recessions DEPRESSION DAYS (2), by PAT MORA Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I bought the dark with my last fifteen cents Last Line: This country, of the price of eggs and skin and names. Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Ethnic Groups - United States; Minorities - United States; Motion Pictures; Theater & Theaters; United States - Race Relations; Recessions; Movies; Cinema; Stage Life DIRGE, by KENNETH FEARING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: 1-2-3 was the number he played but today the number came 3-2-1; Subject(s): Conduct Of Life; Death; Death; Depressions, Economic; Gambling; Modern Man; Dead, The; Dead, The; Recessions; Wagering; Betting DRIVING IN OKLAHOMA, by CARTER REVARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On humming rubber along this white concrete Alternate Author Name(s): Nompewathe Subject(s): Automobile Drivers; Depressions, Economic; Native Americans; Oklahoma; Osage Indians; Recessions; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America EDEN, THEN AND NOW, by RUTH STONE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In '29 before the dust storms Last Line: In fact, the same eden. Subject(s): Corporate Downsizing; Depressions, Economic; Hunger; Recessions NOTHING TO SPARE, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The hungry children cry for bread, and I Last Line: And gas. Subject(s): Cost Of Living; Depressions, Economic; Hunger; Money; Poverty; Recessions PANTOUM OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, by DONALD JUSTICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our lives avoided tragedy Last Line: And there is no plot in that; it is devoid of poetry Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Life; Recessions POVERTY, by DOROTHY WHITEHEAD HOUGH Poem Text First Line: It is my fate to be Last Line: Of jewels and tapestry. Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Money; Poverty; Recessions SOLILOQUY, by FREDERICK E. LAIGHT Poem Text First Line: I have seen tall chimneys without smoke Last Line: Of godly men that somehow it shall rain. Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Drought; Prairies; Recessions; Plains SPECULATION, by RUTH STONE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A girl we didn't actually know Subject(s): Death; Depressions, Economic; Girls; Sisters; Dead, The; Recessions THE DEPRESSION, by IRA SADOFF Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A critical mass came over me Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Recessions THE POET'S TERROR AT THE BALIFFS OF EXETER, FR. FREEDOM: A POEM, by ANDREW BRICE Poem Text First Line: While perils imminent by slender thread Last Line: Exhaust, and tide of every art'ry frore. Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Milton, John (1608-1674); Recessions THE POOR, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Give them your silver, let the poor Last Line: Worth twice their weight in gold? Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Poverty; Recessions THE POOR, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot give the poor a cent,' remarks Last Line: "of these outlandish times." Subject(s): Cost Of Living; Depressions, Economic; Poverty; Recessions TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. DEEP BELOW DEEP, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Deep below deep Last Line: I knew him for many months, but there was no thaw or change to speak of. Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Pain; Youth; Recessions; Suffering; Misery TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: She lies, whom money has killed, and the greed of money Last Line: Shall be changed. Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Politics & Government; Poverty; Recessions TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. IN A MANUFACTURING TOWN, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As I walked restless and despondent through the gloomy city Last Line: Little child. Subject(s): Capitalism; Democracy; Depressions, Economic; Environment; Factories; Labor & Laborers; Poverty; Smoke; Recessions; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Work; Workers |
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