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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHINE, REPUBLIC, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The quality of these trees, green height; of the sky, shining; of water, a clear flow Last Line: The states of the next age will no doubt remember you, and edge their love of freedom with contempt Subject(s): War; Social Commentary; Patriotism | |||
* * As you climb to reach the stars, O white * The ladder sways, * You stand, surprised, strapped in the cage of night, * Aghast and praying. * And should you fall, you scream, and waking * See the dull earth beneath you where it lay, * The grey tide creeping out, while slowly breaking * Over bleached sands, its long waves roll away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS SEVEN LAMENTS FOR THE WAR-DEAD: 6 by YEHUDA AMICHAI A CAROL FOR THE NEW YEAR by EDWIN MARKHAM A SONG OF VICTORY by EDWIN MARKHAM BROTHERHOOD (1) by EDWIN MARKHAM THE ERRAND IMPERIOUS by EDWIN MARKHAM THE MIGHTY HUNDRED YEARS by EDWIN MARKHAM THE NEED OF THE HOUR by EDWIN MARKHAM ROCK AND HAWK by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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