Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MYSTCIAL EVENING TWILIGHT, by PAUL VERLAINE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Memory, with the twilight's dusky light Last Line: Memory, with the twilight's dusky light Subject(s): Evening; Memory; Sunset; Twilight | ||||||||
Memory, with the Twilight's dusky light, Reddening, trembles on the burning sky's Hope-filled horizon: flames that, in their height, Glimmering backward, forward, seem to rise Like some mysterious wall, where, trellis-wise, Many a flower lies in the gathering night -Buttercup, dahlia, tulip, lily white- Spread, basking in their heavy-perfumed sighs, Hot, torpid-breathed, whose poisons mesmerize -Buttercup, dahlia, tulip, lily white- And drown my mind, my soul, my ears, my eyes In one consuming swoon, where, listless, lies Memory, with the Twilight's dusky light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE A FORGOTTEN TUNE by PAUL VERLAINE |
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