Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLUSTERED GRAPES, by HELEN BURWELL CHAPIN First Line: Under the rays of late september's sun Last Line: Sink swiftly, strike and leave spilt juice to rot. Subject(s): Grapes; Sonnet (as Literary Form) | ||||||||
Under the rays of late September's sun, That sicken me and satiate with heat, Where fruits and flowers and odors oversweet Burden the earth with weight of all things done, When old loves end and new are not begun, I linger in the garden with slow feet And wait for hours that once I ran to meet. Of new love's vigor there is now left none, But love is like the garden now and vine That's laden with too heavy fruit of love, With clustered grapes too purple and too hot That, overfull of sickening sweet wine, Hang heavy, lush, from arbors high above, Sink swiftly, strike and leave spilt juice to rot. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAS THAT REALLY A SONNET? by ANSELM HOLLO RETICENT SONNET by ANNE CARSON SONNET: OF THREE GIRLS AND OF THEIR TALK by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO WHAT THE SONNET IS by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON ON A MAGAZINE SONNET by RUSSELL HILLARD LOINES THE HOUSE OF LIFE: THE SONNET (INTRODUCTION) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI KUANYIN'S FLASK by HELEN BURWELL CHAPIN |
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