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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: COCKS Matches Found: 19 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BUT THEN, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rooster crying Last Line: And his flock awaits. Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks CHANTICLEER, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Of all the birds from east to west Last Line: He summons back the light! Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Morning; Roosters; Cocks CHICK-A-ROOSTER, by HENRY CROCKER Poem Text First Line: Oho! Little rooster! Last Line: Have learned how to crow. Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks COCK-CROWING, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Father of lights! What sunny seed Last Line: Though with no lily, stay with me! Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks I HAVE A GENTLE COCK, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I have a gentle [gentile] cock [cok] [cook] Last Line: And every night he percheth him / in my [mine] lady's [ladye's] chamber [chaumber] Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks MEXICAN NURSERY RHYME: 2, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The rooster rises early Last Line: "I do not like your laziness!" Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks ON A COCK AT ROCHESTER, by CHARLES SEDLEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou cursed cock, with thy perpetual noise Subject(s): Curses; Hate; Roosters; Cocks ROOSTER; TO PAT RYAN, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have to kill the rooster tomorrow. He's being an asshole Last Line: Doesn't matter and he will wag his head, strut, perhaps crow. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Death; Roosters; Dead, The; Cocks ROOSTERS, by ELIZABETH BISHOP Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: At four o'clock / in the gun-metal blue dark Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks THE COCK, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER Poem Text First Line: In the black hour the friendly cock did cry Last Line: A frozen sun to gild the frozen bough. Subject(s): Roosters; Time; Cocks THE COCK, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Before a clock was in the tower Last Line: The oldest chronicler of time. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Roosters; Time; Cocks THE COCK AND THE FOX, by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Upon a tree there mounted guard Last Line: Tis doubly sweet deceiver to deceive. Subject(s): Brothers; Fables; Quarrels; Relationships; Roosters; Half-brothers; Allegories; Arguments; Disagreements; Cocks THE COCK OF THE CHARCOAL BURNER, by ANDRE SALMON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The thin black cock of the charcoal burner Last Line: Go tell it to the birds. Subject(s): Birds; Roosters; Wings; Cocks THE FIGHTING COCKS; FROM YRIARTE, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A fine old cock -- a cock renowned Last Line: E'en from themselves, their wounded pride! Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks THE HEATH-COCK, by JOANNA BAILLIE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Good morrow to thy sable beak Last Line: Thou art already on the wing. Variant Title(s): The Black Cock Subject(s): Birds; Roosters; Snowdon (mountain), Wales; Cocks THE WHITE ROOSTER, by GEORGE O'NEIL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, god! To have a breast like that Last Line: As fine as fire? Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks TO BE OR NOT TO BE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I sometimes think I'd rather crow Last Line: So mebby roosters stand more show. / it looks that way. But I dunno Variant Title(s): Crows And Roosters Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks TWO VIEWS OF IT, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Before the daybreak, in the murky night Last Line: Within my lamp or heart, of dawning day. Subject(s): Dawn; Light; Roosters; Sunrise; Cocks UNCLE JOHN FIDDLER, by PERCY MACKAYE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As I walked down on greasy, greasy Last Line: To hear the lord himself afiddling. Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace Subject(s): Farm Life; Roosters; Agriculture; Farmers; Cocks |
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