Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS OF SEVEN CITIES: CHICAGO, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: Deep bosomed, buxom, at first glance, mature Last Line: To heights of labor, love and sacrifice. Subject(s): Chicago | ||||||||
Deep bosomed, buxom, at first glance, mature Yet but a girl who wears a woman's form, A willful girl whose brain is all aswarm With dreams and doubts, thoughts vivid and obscure. Sometimes the siren with a subtle lure Her beauty ripe, seductive, richly warm; Sometimes the slattern with her house a storm Of dirt and clutter painful to endure. She sees herself as grown to womanhood, The world views her as adolescent still, Whereat she stamps her feetas children would And sounds her protest, angry, sharp and shrill. But when the need is great her soul can rise To heights of labor, love and sacrifice. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...METAMORPHOSES: 3. THE RE-BIRTH OF VENUS by GEOFFREY HILL FOR THE NEW WORLD by EDWARD HIRSCH WHEN SKYSCRAPERS WERE INVENTED IN CHICAGO by EDWARD HIRSCH A GUY I KNOW ON 47TH AND COTTAGE by CLARENCE MAJOR STUDY FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL TRAIL; 2. ILLINOIS by CLARENCE MAJOR THE EXPANDED COMPOSITION by CLARENCE MAJOR THE SEVEN CITIES OF AMERICA by EDGAR LEE MASTERS CHICAGO CABARET by KENNETH REXROTH |
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