I placed a jar in Tennessee, I placed a jar in Tennessee, And round it was, upon a hill. And round it was, upon a hill. It made the slovenly wilderness It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill. Surround that hill. The wilderness rose up to it, And sprawled around, no longer wild. The wilderness rose up to it, The jar was round upon the ground And sprawled around, no longer wild. And tall and of a port in air. The jar was round upon the ground It took dominion everywhere. And tall and of a port in air. The jar was gray and bare. It did not give of bird or bush, It took dominion everywhere. The jar was gray and bare. It did not give of bird or bush, Like nothing else in Tennessee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW THEY GO ON by JAMES GALVIN IT JUST SO HAPPENS by JAMES GALVIN JOY (2) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO J. D. H. (KILLED AT SURREY C. H., OCTOBER, 1866) by SIDNEY LANIER THE POET; SONNET by AMY LOWELL AGING TOGETHER by CLARENCE MAJOR THE GULF by KATHERINE MANSFIELD |