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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF GUILLAUME'S DEATH HAD BEEN CHRISTIAN, by MAX JACOB Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: And I'd been so sure he was going to die that through my tears I'd Last Line: Guillaume apollinaire. But finish your drawing of his death and put a %silhouette of me on the lower | |||
And I'd been so sure he was going to die that through my tears I'd drawn him on his deathbed. I must confess I even had formal con-cerns. Next day he was walking around Paris, strong and majestic. One morning at Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre two big black cats squeezed me between them. A voice said "Don't be afraid!" Sacré Coeur looked like one of those pink fortresses that adorn the summits of Italian hills and he, Guillaume, high above, was like a bird with a man's head. Was he dead, our dear lyricist? My drawing wasn't finished. I bumped into him leading a group of disciples: was it he or Dante? Very much alive. Of course! Guillaume was not dead. A stout and clever priest said to me "There's no one more alive than Guillaume Apollinaire. But finish your drawing of his death and put a silhouette of me on the lower left-hand side." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARIZONA POEMS: 6. RAIN IN THE DESERT by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER TO HIS WATCH, WHEN HE COULD NOT SLEEP by EDWARD HERBERT THE OWL AND THE PUSSY CAT by EDWARD LEAR MARE LIBERUM by HENRY VAN DYKE MY JEWEL CASE by BESSE BURNETT BELL |
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