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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CAGED BIRD, by EMILY JANE BRONTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And like myself lone, wholly lone Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness | |||
And like myself alone, wholly alone, It sees the day's long sunshine glow; And like myself it makes its moan In unexhausted woe. Give we the hills our equal prayer; Earth's breezy hills and heaven's blue sea; We ask for nothing further here But our own hearts, the joy of liberty. Could my hand unlock the chain, How gladly would I watch it soar, And never regret, and never co | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES |
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