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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 34, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee Last Line: That no child's foot could run fast as this blood. Subject(s): Names; Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations | |||
WITH the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee As those, when thou shalt call me by my name -- Lo, the vain promise! is the same, the same, Perplexed and ruffled by life's strategy? When called before, I told how hastily I dropped my flowers or brake off from a game, To run and answer with the smile that came At play last moment, and went on with me Through my obedience. When I answer now, I drop a grave thought, break from solitude; Yet still my heart goes to thee -- ponder how -- Not as to a single good, but all my good! Lay thy hand on it, best one, and allow That no child's foot could run fast as this blood. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISERY AND SPLENDOR by ROBERT HASS THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA by ROBERT HASS DOUBLE SONNET by ANTHONY HECHT CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE SUPERBIA: A TRIUMPH WITH NO TRAIN by MARY KINZIE COUNSEL TO UNREASON by LEONIE ADAMS TWENTY QUESTIONS by DAVID LEHMAN A CHILD'S THOUGHT OF GOD by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |
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