Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 11. HAMBURG, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The day that I come home Last Line: Beating under the foam. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Hamburg, Germany; Homecoming | ||||||||
The day that I come home, What will you find to say,-- Words as light as foam With laughter light as spray? Yet say what words you will The day that I come home; I shall hear the whole deep ocean Beating under the foam. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMING HOME AT TWILIGHT IN LATE SUMMER by JANE KENYON THE NEGATIVES by PHILIP LEVINE THE WATER'S CHANT by PHILIP LEVINE THE EXILE'S RETURN by ROBERT LOWELL THE RETURN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TAKING THE TRAIN HOME by WILLIAM MATTHEWS I SHALL RETURN by CLAUDE MCKAY |
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