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Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE HOUSE ON THE HILL by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THEY ARE ALL GONE AWAY
Last Line: THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO SAY.
Subject(s): DECAY; DESOLATION; ROT; DECADENCE;
THEY are all gone away,
The House is shut and still,
There is nothing more to say.
Through broken walls and gray
The winds blow bleak and shrill:
They are all gone away.

Nor is there one to-day
To speak them good or ill:
There is nothing more to say.

Why is it then we stray
Around that sunken sill?
They are all gone away,

And our poor fancy-play
For them is wasted skill:
There is nothing more to say.

There is ruin and decay
In the House on the Hill:
They are all gone away,
There is nothing more to say.



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