Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

EARTH HAS SHRUNK IN THE WASH by WILLIAM EMPSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THEY PASS TOO FAST. SHIPS, AND THERE'S TIME FOR SIGHING
Last Line: DOWSER BE OF HIS CANDLE AS OF SPRINGS, %AND PUMP THE VALLEY WITH THE TUNNEL DRY

Poem Sources:

CHIEF MODERN POETS OF BRITAIN AND AMERICA. 5TH EDITION. EDITED BY GERALD DEWITT SANDERS, JOHN HERBERT NELSON, AND M.L. ROSENTHAL.
  SANDERS, GERALD DEWITT (ED.)
  (1970)
 
THE COMPLETE POEMS OF WILLIAM EMPSON. EDITED BY JOHN HAFFENDEN.
  EMPSON, WILLIAM
  (2000)
 



Home: PoetryExplorer.net