My echoing song: then worms shall try.
That long preserved virginity,.
And your quaint honour turn to dust,.
And into ashes all my lust.
The grave's a fine and private place,.
But none, I think, do there embrace.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue.
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,.
And while thy willing soul transpires.
At every pore with instant fires,.
Now let us sport us while we may,.
And now, like amorous birds of prey,.
Rather at once our time devour.
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all.
Our sweetness up into one ball,.
And tear our pleasures with rough strife.
Through the iron gates of life:.
Thus, though we cannot make our sun.
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
It is significant that, having just transcribed the poem for the purposes of this exercise, I don't know what else to say. The poem is complete. It is love, seduction, foreplay, in forty-six lines.
For a seventeenth century poem it is also surprisingly modern. How many of today's teenagers try to get their girlfriends into bed with them by saying "you're a long time dead!- - and how much more successful can we imagine this inspired young man.
The cadence of the poem is seductive. I always feel led on' as if the poet was speaking directly to me - the object of his desire.
I enjoy the leisure of the opening lines. The description of how he would like to love me - of how I deserve to be loved - is enough to turn a girls head. There is suggestion, innuendo and promise in his adoration of my various "parts- and the slow growing "vegetable- of his love. This is how love should be enjoyed in an ideal world. This is what I am for!.
But "time's wingëd chariot- paints a different picture. The lonely desolation of the desert, of the grave is all we can look forward to. The notion of worms winning what he has lost clearly dismays my lover. I love the use of the word "quaint- to describe my honour. .
The final part of the poem celebrates the now and the pleasures available to us.
Earth Studies is set of 19 poems written by Sheenaugh Pugh. ... Out of the set of 19, I looked at 3 poems. ... Although all 3 poems are different in terms of their structure the three poems carry the same theme. ... is a poem with a very innocent title. ... All 3 poems were disturbing to read because it they give such a grim and horrifying view of the future. ...
Louis from 1898 to 1905, young Eliot received a classical education privately and at Smith Academy, originally named Eliot Academy, where his studies included Latin, Ancient Greek, French, and German. ... He returned to Harvard in 1911 studying Indian philosophy and Sanskrit. But in 1914 he went abroad again on a Harvard fellowship to study in Germany. ... His study of Bradley, however, contributed to his thought and prose style. ... His undergraduate poems were "literary" and conventional. ...
The poem is without a doubt directly spoken to one specific person. This implies that the beloved is the addressee in the poem. ... From line 3 to 6 the poem comments on beauty that burns away, in the course of time. ... Studying the rhyme scheme of the poem, it is clear that not all of the rhymes are complete – a lot of the end rhymes sound similar, but are in fact slightly imperfect. ... The appearance of the poem; its metrical basis and rhymes, conforms to the ide...
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Greenacher, author of a Psychoanalytic Study of Two Lives indicated, "Swift suffered from severe anxiety and defuse hypochondriasis of the type of which so often accompanies an unusually severe castration complex, in which pregenital determinates are strong." (Hunting 3). Hunting also felt that bisexuality was a major issue growing up and it showed through in his character and writings (3). ... It is seen when he utters, "And could that mighty warrior fall" (Line 3). ... The writers who critiqued Swift's poems rarely commented on his actual poems but rather on Swift himself. ...
She lived in Canada till she was 3 years of age, when her and parents moved to Florida. ... After a 3 year battle, she beat the disease and decided to go back to college. ... During Ellie's sophomore year of college, Kyle moved to Florida to finish his studies. ... She continued to write, and published 3 novels and several books of short stories and poems. ... Several books were made of the poems she wrote. ...
Most poets keep their poems in chronological order to maintain suspense throughout the poem. ... In the first part of his poem the rhythm is very alluring. ... (Lines 1-3) Hardy also numbers all of the eleven stanzas of his poem. The numbering indicates the separation of each one of the stanzas as if to imply that we have to look at this poem as eleven different poems in one. This method gives us a chance to understand the poem more efficiently by studying one stanza at a time. ...
