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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BERKET AND THE STARS, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A day on the boulevards chosen out of ten years of Last Line: Three generations -- which is relatively forever! | |||
A day on the boulevards chosen out of ten years of student poverty! One best day out of ten good ones. Berket in high spirits -- "Ha, oranges! Let's have one!" And he made to snatch an orange from the vender's cart. Now so clever was the deception, so nicely timed to the full sweep of certain wave summits, that the rumor of the thing has come down through three generations -- which is relatively forever! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CORONAL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A GOODNIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A MAN TO A WOMAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS APPROACH OF WINTER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS APRIL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BLIZZARD by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BLUEFLAGS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS COMPLAINT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DAISY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DAYBREAK by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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