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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLIGHT, by ARNA BONTEMPS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have seen a lovely thing Last Line: But I hear the beating of dead boughs. | |||
I have seen a lovely thing Stark before a ship of weather: The tree that was so wistful after spring, Beating barren twigs together. The birds that came there one by one, The sensuous leaves that used to sway And whisper there at night, all are gone; Each has vanished in its way. And this whip is on my heart. There is no sound that it allows, No little song that I may start But I hear the beating of dead boughs. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BREST LEFT BEHIND by JOHN CHIPMAN FARRAR LINES; SUGGESTED BY GRAVES TWO ENGLISH SOLDIERS ON CONCORD by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE FROGS: THE RIVAL POETS by ARISTOPHANES FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: MAN'S GUARD AGAINST DEATH by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES FAUN by ANGELO PHILIP BERTOCCI A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF THE NATURE AND DESIGN OF TRUE RELIGION by JOHN BYROM |
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