Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEFORE AND AFTER SUMMER, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Looking forward to the spring Last Line: I, alas, perceived not when. Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Spring; Fall | ||||||||
I LOOKING forward to the spring One puts up with anything. On this February day Though the winds leap down the street Wintry scourgings seem but play, And these later shafts of sleet - Sharper pointed than the first - And these later snows - the worst - Are as a half-transparent blind Riddled by rays from sun behind. II Shadows of the October pine Reach into this room of mine: On the pine there swings a bird; He is shadowed with the tree. Mutely perched he bills no word; Blank as I am even is he. For those happy suns are past, Fore-discerned in winter last. When went by their pleasure, then? I, alas, perceived not when. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR AUTUMN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN AN AUTUMN JOY by GEORGE ARNOLD A LEAF FALLS by MARION LOUISE BLISS THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A LETTER IN OCTOBER by TED KOOSER AUTUMN EVENING by DAVID LEHMAN EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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