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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A TEMPEST, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: An awful tempest mashed the air
Last Line: And peace was paradise!
Variant Title(s): Poem: 198;poem: 224
Subject(s): Storms
First Line: An awful tempest mashed the air
Last Line: And peace was paradise!
Variant Title(s): Poem: 198;poem: 224
Subject(s): Storms
AN awful tempest mashed the air,
The clouds were gaunt and few;
A black, as of a spectre's cloak,
Hid heaven and earth from view.
The creatures chuckled on the roofs
And whistled in the air,
And shook their fists and gnashed their teeth,
And swung their frenzied hair.
The morning lit, the birds arose;
The monster's faded eyes
Turned slowly to his native coast,
And peace was Paradise!
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