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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
METAPHORS OF A MAGNIFICO, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twenty men crossing a bridge Last Line: The first white wall of the village... / the fruit-trees... Subject(s): Medici, Lorenzo De (1449-1492) | |||
Twenty men crossing a bridge, Into a village, Are twenty men crossing twenty bridges, Into twenty villages, Or one man Crossing a single bridge into a village. This is old song That will not declare itself . . . Twenty men crossing a bridge, Into a village, Are Twenty men crossing a bridge Into a village. That will not declare itself Yet is certain as meaning . . . The boots of the men clump On the boards of the bridge. The first white wall of the village Rises through fruit-trees. Of what was it I was thinking? So the meaning escapes. The first white wall of the village . . . The fruit-trees . . | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STATUE OF LORENZO DE MEDICI by JAMES ERNEST NESMITH SAVONAROLA AND LORENZO by ALFRED AUSTIN METAPHORS OF A MAGNIFICO by WALLACE STEVENS A DISH OF PEACHES IN RUSSIA by WALLACE STEVENS A ROOM ON A GARDEN by WALLACE STEVENS BALLADE OF THE PINK PARASOL by WALLACE STEVENS |
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