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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CUNCTATION IN CORRECTION, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lictors bundl'd up their rods: beside Last Line: They might escape the lash of punishment. Subject(s): Punishment | |||
The Lictors bundl'd up their rods: beside, Knit them with knots (with much adoe unty'd) That if (unknitting) men wo'd yet repent, They might escape the lash of punishment. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLUMNS AND CARYATIDS: 1. THE WIFE by CAROLYN KIZER CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by CAROLYN KIZER THE UNJUSTLY PUNISHED CHILD by SHARON OLDS NOT QUITE SOCIAL by ROBERT FROST TO THE UNKNOWN EROS: BOOK 1: 10. THE TOYS by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY EXPLANATION by VIRGINIA A. ALLIN A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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