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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A FAMOUS POET, by ROBERT WHITAKER First Line: Why so defiant, gifted one, of death? Last Line: Than the warm hearthside, and the open door? Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Sonnet (as Literary Form) | |||
Why so defiant, gifted one, of death? Why so contemptuous that life is life? So careless of the moment's tonic breath, Wherewith the miracle of air is rife? Why this impatience with the commonplace? Which were it strange, then life were all awry. The usual day, the harvest's level grace, The household's homely task; why these deny? Is there no glory in the multitude Of gentle virtues, and of constant faith, That genius must pose the dismal mood Of waiting ever on a midnight wraith? Is tragedy, or cynic scorn, the more Than the warm hearthside, and the open door? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAS THAT REALLY A SONNET? by ANSELM HOLLO RETICENT SONNET by ANNE CARSON SONNET: OF THREE GIRLS AND OF THEIR TALK by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO WHAT THE SONNET IS by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON ON A MAGAZINE SONNET by RUSSELL HILLARD LOINES THE HOUSE OF LIFE: THE SONNET (INTRODUCTION) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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