Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INFANTA MARINA, by WALLACE STEVENS Recitation by Author Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Her terrace was the sand Subject(s): Women; Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
Her terrace was the sand Her terrace was the sand And the palms and the twilight. And the palms and the twilight. She made of the motions of her wrist She made of the motions of her wrist The grandiose gestures The grandiose gestures Of her thought. Of her thought. The rumpling of the plumes The rumpling of the plumes Of this creature of the evening Of this creature of the evening Came to be sleights of sails Came to be sleights of sails Over the sea. Over the sea. And thus she roamed And thus she roamed In the roamings of her fan, In the roamings of her fan, Partaking of the sea, Partaking of the sea, And of the evening, And of the evening, As they flowed around As they flowed around And uttered their subsiding sound. And uttered their subsiding sound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS |
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