Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLIGHT, by ARNA BONTEMPS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have seen a lovely thing Last Line: But I hear the beating of dead boughs. | ||||||||
I have seen a lovely thing Stark before a ship of weather: The tree that was so wistful after spring, Beating barren twigs together. The birds that came there one by one, The sensuous leaves that used to sway And whisper there at night, all are gone; Each has vanished in its way. And this whip is on my heart. There is no sound that it allows, No little song that I may start But I hear the beating of dead boughs. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: EPILOGUE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS LINES WRITTEN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE MORAL FABLES: THE TALE OF THE COCK, AND THE JEWEL by AESOP DIRGE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: COUNTENANCE FOREBODING EVIL by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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