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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RETREAT, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Broken, bewildered by the long retreat Last Line: "all-heal and willowherb and meadowsweet." Subject(s): World War I; First World War | |||
Broken, bewildered by the long retreat Across the stifling leagues of Southern plain, Across the scorching leagues of trampled grain, Half-stunned, half-blinded by the trudge of feet And dusty smother of the August heat, He dreamt of flowers in an English lane, Of hedgerow flowers glistening after rain -- All-heal and willowherb and meadowsweet. All-heal and willowherb and meadowsweet -- The innocent names kept up a cool refrain, All-heal and willowherb and meadowsweet, Chiming and tinkling through his aching brain Until he babbled as a child again -- "All-heal and willowherb and meadowsweet." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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