Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MONO LAKE, by JACOB ZEITLIN First Line: The black lines of hills chant a slow threnody Last Line: And all the days dark days. Alternate Author Name(s): Zeitlin, Jake Subject(s): Mono Lake, California | ||||||||
The black lines of hills chant a slow threnody, The black islands kneel before the seven bare craters, The gun-steel water lies upon its bier of death. Ask any question: They will give you the last word The last answer. When the craters spouted fire, When the foothills were green against the snow-grey line of mountains, When the baby lake nursed at the fresh-water breasts of the foothills All questions got different answers, All stories had different endings: A cloudy morning could mean a sunny day or a dark one. Now time has made all the answers the same answer And all the endings the same ending And all the days dark days. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I LOVE ALL BEAUTEOUS THINGS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE by JOHN KEATS THE WHITE CITY by CLAUDE MCKAY THE BRAVEST BATTLE by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 106 by ALFRED TENNYSON PROMETHEUS BOUND: PROMETHEUS THE TEACHER OF MEN by AESCHYLUS QUATRAIN: FAME by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH WORK by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON LINES TO MR. WYNCH ON HIS FORTH-FIFTH BIRTHDAY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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