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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLACK RIDERS: 55, by STEPHEN CRANE Poet Analysis First Line: A man toiled on a burning road Last Line: "but the ass only grinned at him from the green place." | |||
A man toiled on a burning road, Never resting. Once he saw a fat, stupid ass Grinning at him from a green place. The man cried out in rage, "Ah! Do not deride me, fool! "I know you -- "All day stuffing your belly, "Burying your heart "In grass and tender sprouts: "It will not suffice you." "But the ass only grinned at him from the green place. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LITTLE BIRDS OF THE NIGHT by STEPHEN CRANE THERE IS A GREY THING THAT LIVES IN THE TREE-TOPS by STEPHEN CRANE THE BLACK RIDERS: 1 by STEPHEN CRANE THE BLACK RIDERS: 22 by STEPHEN CRANE THE BLACK RIDERS: 38 by STEPHEN CRANE THE BLACK RIDERS: 56 by STEPHEN CRANE THE BLACK RIDERS: 9 by STEPHEN CRANE WAR IS KIND: 1 by STEPHEN CRANE WAR IS KIND: 12 by STEPHEN CRANE WAR IS KIND: 21 by STEPHEN CRANE |
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