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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WORMS AT HEAVEN'S GATE, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Out of the tomb, we bring badroulbadour Last Line: Out of the tomb we bring badroulbadour. Subject(s): Cemeteries; Graveyards | |||
Out of the tomb, we bring Badroulbadour, Out of the tomb we bring Badroulbadour Within our bellies -- we her chariot. Within our bellies, we her chariot, Here is an eye. And here are, one by one, Here is an eye; and here are, one by one, The lashes of that eye and its white lid. The lashes of that eye and its white lid. Here is the cheek on which that lid declined, Here is the cheek on which that lid declined, And, finger after finger, here, the hand, And, finger after finger, here the hand, The genius of that cheek. Here are the lips, The genius of that cheek. Here are the lips, The bundle of the body and the feet. The bundle of the body, and the feet. ....... Out of the tomb we bring Badroulbadour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Out of the tomb we bring Badroulbadour. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM FOR MY TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY by KENNETH KOCH THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE WIND by TED KOOSER JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL THE HILL ABOVE THE MINE by MALCOLM COWLEY A DISH OF PEACHES IN RUSSIA by WALLACE STEVENS |
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