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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 2, by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some things are very dear to me Last Line: Are sudden tear-drops in your eyes. | |||
Some things are very dear to me -- Such things as flowers bathed by rain Or patterns traced upon the sea Or crocuses where snow has lain . . . The iridescence of a gem, The moon's cool opalescent light, Azaleas and the scent of them, And honeysuckles in the night. And many sounds are also dear -- Like winds that sing among the trees Or crickets calling from the weir Or Negroes humming melodies. But dearer far than all surmise Are sudden tear-drops in your eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HERITAGE by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT LINES WRITTEN AT THE GRAVE OF ALEXANDER DUMAS by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT TO A DARK GIRL by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT SONNET: 1 by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT WRITTEN IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY ASYLUM by JOHN CLARE ARS VICTRIX (IMITATED FROM THEOPHILE GAUTIER) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE DESERTED PLANTATION by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EROS TURANNOS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON A WISH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI LOVE-LILY by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI LINES ON THE MONUMENT OF GIUSEPPE MAZZINI by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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