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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MINIATURE, by AMY LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because the little gentleman made nautical instruments Last Line: Who consider such things important. | |||
Because the little gentleman made nautical instruments And lived in a street which ran down to the sea, The neighbors called him "Salt Charlie." I wonder what they would have said if they had known That he stole out every evening to a sweet-shop And bought sticks of red-and-white sugar candy. It was a pleasant thing to see him, Standing meekly before the custom-house, Sucking a sugar-stick, And gazing at the dead funnels of anchored steamers Against a star-sprung sky. I thought of him in an oval gilt frame Against sprigged wall-paper, Done in Fra Angelico pinks and blues Of a clear and sprightly elegance. Wherefore, being convinced of his value as ornament, I have set him on paper for the delectation Of sundry scattered persons Who consider such things important. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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