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Classic and Contemporary Poets


WILLIAM EMPSON

Poet Analysis

Poems found: 85

ARACHNE

AUBADE

CAMPING OUT

HOMAGE TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM

IGNORANCE OF DEATH

JUST A SMACK AT AUDEN

LEGAL FICTION

MISSING DATES

NOTE ON LOCAL FLORA

THIS LAST PAIN

TO AN OLD LADY

VILLANELLE

I REMEMBER TO HAVE WEPT WITH A SENSE OF THE UNNECESSARY

NOT BUT THEY DIE, THE TERRORS AND THE DREAMS

AGES CHANGE, AND THEY IMPOSE THEIR RULES

ADDRESS TO A TENNIS-PLAYER

ADVICE

ANECDOTE FROM TALK

ARACHNE

AUBADE

AUTUMN ON NAN-YUEH (WITH THE EXILED UNIVERSITIES OF PEKING)

BACCHUS

CAMPING OUT

CHINA

COURAGE MEANS RUNNING

DESCRIPTION OF A VIEW

DISSATISFACTION WITH METAPHYSICS

DOCTRINAL POINT

EARTH HAS SHRUNK IN THE WASH

ESSAY

FLIGHTING FOR DUCK

FOUR LEGS, TWO LEGS, THREE LEGS

HIGH DIVE

IGNORANCE OF DEATH

INSOMNIA

INVITATION TO JUNO

JUST A SMACK AT AUDEN

LAUS MELPOMINES

LEGAL FICTION

LET IT GO

LETTER 1

LETTER 2

LETTER 3

LETTER 4

LETTER 5

LETTER 6: A MARRIAGE

MANCHOULI

MISSING DATES

MYTH

NEW WORLD BISTRES

NOTE ON LOCAL FLORA

PART OF MANDEVIL'S TRAVELS

PLENUM AND VACUM

PLENUM AND VACUUM

POEM ABOUT A BALL IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

REBUKE

REFLECTION FROM ANITA LOOS

REFLECTION FROM ROCHESTER

ROLLING THE LAWN

SEA VOYAGE

SLEEPING OUT IN A COLLEGE CLOISTER

SONG OF THE AMATEUR PSYCHOLOGIST

SONNET

SUCCESS

THANKS FOR THE WEDDING PRESENT

ANTS

BEAUTIFUL TRAIN

BIRTH OF STEEL: A LIGHT MASQUE

EXTASIE

FIRE SERMON

SCALES

WORLD'S END

THIS LAST PAIN

TO AN OLD LADY

TO CHARLOTTE HALDANE (WHO ASKED FOR A POEM ON HER BIRTHDAY)

TWO CENTOS: 1

TWO CENTOS: 2

TWO SONGS FROM A LIBRETTO: 1

TWO SONGS FROM A LIBRETTO: 2

UFA NIGHTMARE

UNE BRIOCHE POUR CERBERE

VALUE IS IN ACTIVITY

VILLANELLE

WARNING TO UNDERGRADUATES

YOUR TEETH ARE IVORY TOWERS



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