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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CATBIRD, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: It mimics the vireo's song Last Line: A hint of a petulant mew! Subject(s): Catbirds | |||
It mimics the vireo's song, Insistent and jerky and sweet; Like a robin it ripples along, Like a sparrow it rhymes with the street. Its call is now fluty and far, Like a veery at sunset alone; Now sad as the wood pewees are, Now bright as the oriole's tone; Now mocking the doughty chewink, Now bold in the call of the jay; Now matching the crazed bobolink, Or the meadowlark's brisk roundelay; And all through the marvellous feat A something uncanny, untrue, A tang of the mocker, the cheat, A hint of a petulant mew! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY CATBIRD by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE HAD LINCOLN LIVED by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS HAVE YOU FOUND THE BIBLE by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS HAVE YOU SEEN THE ANGELS by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BABY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THE ORACULAR OWL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THE PRESIDENT WHO DOES IT ALL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THE TIME WILL COME by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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