Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FEAR OF FLOWERS, by JOHN CLARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The nodding oxeye bends before the wind Last Line: In every place the very wasp of flowers. Subject(s): Flowers | ||||||||
The nodding oxeye bends before the wind, The woodbine quakes lest boys their flowers should find, And prickly dog-rose, spite of its array, Can't dare the blossom-seeking hand away, While thistles wear their haughty plume, And by the roadside danger's self defy; On commons where pined sheep and oxen lie, In ruddy pomp and ever thronging mood It stands and spreads like danger in a wood, And in the village street, where meanest weeds Can't stand untouched to fill their husks with seeds, The haughty thistle o'er all danger towers, In every place the very wasp of flowers. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THEY SAW THE PROBLEM by MARK JARMAN SHAKE THE SUPERFLUX! by DAVID LEHMAN THE M??TIER OF BLOSSOMING by DENISE LEVERTOV TANKA DIARY (6) by HARRYETTE MULLEN VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN FORCED BLOOM by STEPHEN ELLIOTT DUNN |
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