Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WANDERER; A ROCOCO STUDY: ADVENT, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Even in the time when as yet Last Line: Followed after. Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers | ||||||||
Even in the time when as yet I had no certain knowledge of her She sprang from the nest, a young crow, Whose first flight circled the forest. I know now how then she showed me Her mind, reaching out to the horizon, She close above the tree tops. I saw her eyes straining at the new distance And as the woods fell from her flying Likewise they fell from me as I followed -- So that I strongly guessed all that I must put from me To come through ready for the high courses. But one day, crossing the ferry With the great towers of Manhattan before me, Out at the prow with the sea wind blowing, I had been wearying many questions Which she had put on to try me: How shall I be a mirror to this modernity? When lo! in a rush, dragging A blunt boat on the yielding river -- Suddenly I saw her! And she waved me From the white wet in midst of her playing! She cried me, "Haia! Here I am, son! See how strong my little finger is! Can I not swim well? I can fly too!" And with that a great sea-gull Went to the left, vanishing with a wild cry -- But in my mind all the persons of godhead Followed after. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FOLK SINGER OF THE THIRTIES by JAMES DICKEY WANDERER IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY by CLARENCE MAJOR THE WANDERER: A ROCOCO STUDY (FIRST VERSION) by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE WANDERER by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN LONG GONE by STERLING ALLEN BROWN BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON A CELEBRATION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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