Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PINE AT TIMBERLINE, by HARRIET MONROE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What has bent you Last Line: Why tarry here? Subject(s): Pine Trees; Trees | ||||||||
What has bent you, Warped and twisted you, Torn and crippled you? What has embittered you, O lonely tree? You search the rocks for a footing, dragging scrawny roots; You bare your thin breast to the storms, and fling out wild arms behind you; You throw back your witch-like head, with wisps of hair stringing the wind. You fight with the snows, You rail and shriek at the tempests. Old before your time, you challenge the cold stars. Be still, be satisfied Stand straight like your brothers in the valley, The soft green valley of summer down below. Why front the endless winter of the peak? Why seize the lightning in your riven hands? Why cut the driven wind and shriek aloud? Why tarry here? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS |
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