Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SILKEN SNAKE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For sport my julia threw a lace Last Line: But though it scar'd, it did not bite. Subject(s): Animals; Practical Jokes; Snakes; Pranks; Serpents; Vipers | ||||||||
For sport my Julia threw a Lace Of silke and silver at my face: Watchet the silke was; and did make A shew, as if 't 'ad been a snake: The suddenness did me affright; But though it scar'd, it did not bite. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IMAGINED COPPERHEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS TO THE SNAKE by DENISE LEVERTOV FIVE ACCOUNTS OF A MONOGAMOUS MAN by WILLIAM MEREDITH TANKA DIARY (8) by HARRYETTE MULLEN SNAKE WOMAN by MARGARET ATWOOD A PORTRAIT OF MY ROOF by JAMES GALVIN A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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