Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADOLESCENCE, by BYRON CHEW First Line: You ask me Last Line: And subdue the shore! Subject(s): Adolescence; Teen Agers | ||||||||
You ask me "Was that idol man or woman, Or was it just the ends of a little boy's dream Tied in a bright knot -- dangling loosely?" At call of spring The young grape wraps its tendrils To the tall, immense oak. At night the sea Rests on the still rock-muscles of the shore. A little boy must hide his hopes in something Big, stately and masculine -- Something strong, Lest the expanding tendrils break the oak Or the sea suddenly tear loose in the storm And subdue the shore! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN by DORIANNE LAUX PORTRAIT OF A GIRL WITH COMIC BOOK by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY THE ONE GIRL AT THE BOYS PARTY by SHARON OLDS CHERRYLOG ROAD by JAMES DICKEY BROTHER AND SISTER by MARY ANN EVANS ADOLESCENCE by MAVIS CLARE BARNETT THE RAVEN; A CHRISTMAS TALE, TOLD BY A SCHOOL-BOY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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