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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CAMERA OBSCURA, by JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Inside the skull the wakeful brain Last Line: Where formless shades blindfold the light. Subject(s): Reason; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals | |||
Inside the skull the wakeful brain, Attuned at birth to joy and pain, Dwells for a lifetime; even as one Who in a closed tower sees the sun Cast faint-hued shadows, dim or clear, Upon the darkened disc: now near, Now far, they flit; while he, within, Surveys the world he may not win: Whate'er he sees, he notes; for nought Escapes the net of living thought; And what he notes, he tells again To last and build the brains of men. Shades are we; and of shades we weave A trifling pleasant make-believe; Then pass into the shadowy night, Where formless shades blindfold the light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST EXCESS OF SEA OR SUN OR REASON by WILLIAM MEREDITH PROVISION FOR THE HIGHER OZONE BODY by WILL ALEXANDER THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#65) by MARVIN BELL THE MACHINATIONS OF THE MIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR WHY FOOL AROUND? by STEPHEN DOBYNS POPHAM OF THE NEW SONG: 1 by NORMAN DUBIE VENICE by JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS |
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