Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WASP TRAP, by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This moonlight makes Last Line: So glistening. Alternate Author Name(s): Eastaway, Edward; Thomas, Edward Subject(s): Wasps; Yellow Jackets | ||||||||
This moonlight makes The lovely lovelier Than ever before lakes And meadows were. And yet they are not, Though this their hour is, more Lovely than things that were not Lovely before. Nothing on earth, And in the heavens no star, For pure brightness is worth More than that jar, For wasps meant, now A star -- long may it swing From the dead apple-bough, So glistening. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UPON A WASP CHILLED WITH COLD by EDWARD TAYLOR THE BOTTLING OF THE WASP by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY SWEET ROUMANIAN TONGUE by JAMES SCHUYLER POEM FOR ADLAI STEVENSON AND YELLOW JACKETS by DAVID YOUNG THE ANT-LION by THOMAS MILLER (1807-1874) TRIOLET by EMILY JANE (DAVIS) PFEIFFER VICTORY SONG by GEORGE ADDISON SCARBROUGH |
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