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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RACING CARS, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The great cars careening come roaring round the curve Last Line: Throbbed away through chaos that claimed the dragon breed! Subject(s): Automobile Racing; Competition; Driving & Drivers; Sports; Race Car Driving | |||
The great cars careening come roaring round the curve, The dust clouds screening their onslaught as they swerve. The dense crowd watching exhales a thrilling sigh, Their quick breath catching as the cars boom by. Speed on the straightawayspeed is what they need! Speed down the levelat the banked curves, speed! Their sharp staccato thunder awakes the hills to wonder At the grimed, masked devils that drive the dragon breed. I closed my eyes gazing, and saw them in my mind Up the far hills blazing, and roaring up the wind, On the star-roads leaping, black bulks that shoot and sway, Their fierce pace keeping on the fearful Milky Way. Speed across the heavensspeed was their need! Speed, with the meteors,to Doom's gate, speed! Their sharp staccato thunder shook sun and moon with wonder, And the stars whirled wildly before the dragon breed. The great cars careening went roaring round the world With madness for their meaning 'mid wild dust swirled; And faster still, and faster, their engines ripped and raced While man who was their master must drive in haste. Speed across the citiesspeed was their need! Speed down the valleysup the high hills, speed! Until, a dying wonder, their sharp staccato thunder Throbbed away through chaos that claimed the dragon breed! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OPENING THE MAIL by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT THE ACE OF THE RACE by WAYNE B. WALTERS THE FALCONER OF GOD by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A COLD TEMPERAMENT by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A PASSSGE TO ITALY by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A SONG OF DAWN AT DUSK by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A STREET MOTHER by WILLIAM ROSE BENET AFTER-SIGHT by WILLIAM ROSE BENET AGNOSTIC TO MYSTIC by WILLIAM ROSE BENET AN EMISSARY TO HEAVEN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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