Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAVE DANCE SONG, by RICHARD DEHMEL First Line: I tossed a rose into the sea Last Line: On the foam, and the green sea, the sea-- Subject(s): Waves | ||||||||
I tossed a rose into the sea, A blooming fair rose into the green sea. Because the sun shone, sun shone bright, After it leaped the light, With hundred tremulous toes in glee. When the first wave came, Then my rose, my rose began to drown. When the second wave raised it on shoulders tame, The light, the light at her feet sank down. The third snatched it up and then the light, As if in defence, leaped high tremblingly. But a hundred leaping flower petals Were rocking red, red, red round me, And my boat danced about And my shadow like a spright On the foam, and the green sea, the sea-- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE OREGON COAST; FOR WILLIAM STAFFORD by ROBERT BLY AT THE OCEAN HE STUDIES THE WAVES by STEPHEN DOBYNS SONG OF THE WAVE by ROBERT FROST NOVEMBER SURF by ROBINSON JEFFERS DOVER BEACH' - A NOTE TO THAT POEM by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH DOVER BEACH' - A NOTE TO THAT POEM by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH BEFORE THE STORM by RICHARD DEHMEL |
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