I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day’By Gerard Manley Hopkins : (1844 – 1889) : : ::I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.What hours, O what black hours we have spentThis night! what sights you, heart, saw; ways you went!And more must, in yet longer light’s delay. With witnessContinue reading “I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day : Gerard Manley Hopkins : Sonnet : : Darkness Poems : :”
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Acquainted With The Night : Robert Frost : : Darkness Poems : :
Acquainted with the NightBY ROBERT FROSTI have been one acquainted with the night.I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane.I have passed by the watchman on his beatAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stoppedContinue reading “Acquainted With The Night : Robert Frost : : Darkness Poems : :”
Stars Over the Dordogne : Sylvia Plath : : Star Poems : :
March 1962Stars over the DordogneBY SYLVIA PLATHStars Over The DordogneStars are dropping thick as stones into the twiggy 1Picket of trees whose silhouette is darker 2Than the dark of the sky because it is quite starless. 3The woods are a well. The stars drop silently.4They seem large, yet they drop, and no gap is visible.Continue reading “Stars Over the Dordogne : Sylvia Plath : : Star Poems : :”
The Rainy Day : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : : Rain Poems : :
The Rainy Day : This 1842 poem has the famous line “Into each life some rain must fall,” meaning that everyone will experience difficulty and heartache at some point. The “day” is a metaphor for “life.” Written after the death of his first wife and before he married his second wife, “The Rainy Day” hasContinue reading “The Rainy Day : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : : Rain Poems : :”
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