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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAY EVENING IN CENTRAL PARK, by AMY LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lines of lamp light Last Line: Of bright streets Subject(s): Central Park, New York City; Youth | |||
Lines of lamp-light Splinter the black water, And all through The dim park Are lamps Hanging among the trees. But they are only like fire-flies Pricking the darkness, And I lean my body against it And spread out my fingers To let it drift through them. I am a swimmer In the damp night, Or a bird Floating over the sucking grasses. I am a lover Tracking the silver foot-prints Of the moon. I am a young man, In Central Park, With Spring Bursting over me. The trees push out their young leaves, Although this is not the country; And I whisper beautiful, hot words, Although I am alone, And a few more steps Will bring me The glare and suffocation Of bright streets. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN |
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