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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EIGHT O'CLOCK, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He stood, and heard the steeple Last Line: Its strength, and struck. Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E. Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Death; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Dead, The | |||
He stood, and heard the steeple Sprinkle the quarters on the morning town. One, two, three, four, to market-place and people It tossed them down. Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour, He stood and counted them and cursed his luck; And then the clock collected in the tower Its strength, and struck. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 1. 1887 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN |
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