Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ICE, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Her day out from the workhouse-ward, she stands Last Line: She, who's been old, is now a child again. Subject(s): Old Age; Women | ||||||||
Her day out from the workhouse-ward, she stands, A grey-haired woman, decent and precise, With prim black bonnet and neat paisley shawl, Among the other children by the stall; And with grave relish eats a penny ice. To wizened toothless gums, with quaking hands She holds it, shuddering with delicious cold; Nor heeds the jeering laughter of young men -- The happiest, in her innocence, of all: For, while their insolent youth must soon grow old, She, who's been old, is now a child again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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