Make me bearded like a man! Blush, my spirit, in thy Fastness -- Blush, my unacknowledged clay -- Seven years of troth have taught thee More than Wifehood every may! Love that never leaped its socket -- Trust entrenched in narrow pain -- Constancy thro' fire -- awarded -- Anguish ...
Poem Written to My Wife in the Margins of a Grocery ListJames Valvis
A man of faith with a wife in the congregation, active in her walk, in her faith, good helpmate and wise mother is a joy in the family, does give her husband ample grounds for pride, for joy in the afterglow the fruits of her labor, and standing in the gate How lucky I am for ...
Summary: This poem takes the form of a letter from a lonely wife who has not seen her husband in five months. She begins by reminiscing about meeting him during childhood. She was pulling flowers at the front gate and he came by on stilts, playing horse. The next two lines, "And we...
The poem concludes with the well-known conceit comparing love to a drafting compass. Donne states that his wife is the leg that holds them steady at a fixed point while he “roam[s].” It is due to her steadfastness that he always finds his way back....
4. “When day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade?”— poet Amanda Gorman, “The Hill We Climb” inauguration poem, Jan. 20. 5. “This conservatorship is abusive.”— Britney Spears, statement to court, Los Angeles, Jun e 23. 6. “I communic...
“Good! My wife like old times, she always says ‘What’s wrong with you boys?!!’ Ha!”“Hahaha… She’s always saying that! Ha!”“It’s your…” Sudden, a younger white man shouts, “If you wanna talking, talking outside! Okay?! This is movie theater! This is not airport ...
17. In his poem, "Ode to the West Wind," Shelley intends to present his wind as a central ___ around which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth. A. concept B. symbol C. simile D. metonymy Answer: B 18. In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride an...
The English writer, social critic and painter (he founded the cubist-inspired Vorticist movement) managed to offend just about everybody before his death in 1957. He was described by the London Review as “fiercely unsentimental,” and that is how I would describe this opening paragraph from ...
Partly, too, Briggs may have had in mind a few lines in Wirt Sikes’British Goblins,in which he states that Queen Mab is wife of faery kingGwyn ap Nuddand, as such, queen of the elves (ellyllon). Mab is not otherwise identified as Gwyn’s wife, who is named as Creiddylad in th...