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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET OF STRANGE SIMILES, by STODDARD KING Poet's Biography First Line: My love is like a stick of spearmint gum Last Line: Or a dress-suited freshman at a hop. Subject(s): Love | |||
My love is like a stick of spearmint gum -- The flavor lasts -- my love is like the tune My neighbor plays each morning until noon (That is, it haunts me always); mute and dumb My love is, like a punctured kettledrum. 'Tis brightest after sunset, like the moon, And, like the onion, strongest during June; My love is ardent as forbidden rum. Sometimes my love is diffident and shy, Like a Ford car seeking a place to park, Or like a husband in a corset shop; Sometimes it struts and holds its head up high, Like a Knight Templar or a meadow lark, Or a dress-suited freshman at a hop. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD IF THE AUTHOR OF 'IN AMERICAN' HAD SPENT HIS VACATION WITH HORACE ON by STODDARD KING LAMENT IN FORM OF AN EPIGRAM by STODDARD KING POSTMASTER-GENERAL WILL HAYS ENTERS INTO HOLLYWOOD by STODDARD KING |
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