Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

TITHONUS by PAUL MULDOON

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: NOT THE DAY-OLD CHEEP OF A SMOKE DETECTOR ON THE BLINK
Last Line: BUT WHAT TURNS OUT TO BE THE TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD CHIRRUP %OF A GRASSHOPPER

Poem Sources:

THE NEW YORKER, OCT 13, /03.
  (2003)
 



Home: PoetryExplorer.net