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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIBISCUS ON SLEEPING SHORES, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I say now, fernando, that on that day Last Line: As the flag above the old cafe / and roamed there all the stupid afternoon Subject(s): Seashore; Moths; Beach; Coast; Shore | |||
I say now, Fernando, that on that day The mind roamed as a moth roams, Among the blooms beyond the open sand; And that whatever noise the motion of the waves Made on the sea-weeds and the covered stones Disturbed not even the most idle ear. Then it was that that monstered moth Which had lain folded against the blue And the colored purple of the lazy sea, And which had drowsed along the bony shores, Shut to the blather that the water made, Rose up besprent and sought the flaming red Dabbled with yellow pollen--red as red As the flag about the old caf??-- And roamed there all the stupid afternoon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEASHORE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS EASTERN LONG ISLAND by MARVIN BELL THE WIND IS BLOWING WEST by JOSEPH CERAVOLO IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE GULF by LUCILLE CLIFTON GEOGRAPHY AS WARNING by MADELINE DEFREES POWER FAILURE by MADELINE DEFREES A DISH OF PEACHES IN RUSSIA by WALLACE STEVENS |
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