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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CURTAINS IN THE HOUSE OF THE METAPHYSICIAN, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It comes about that the drifting of these curtains Last Line: The last largeness, bold to see Subject(s): Metaphysics | |||
It comes about that the drifting of these curtains It comes about that the drifting of these curtains Is full of long motions; as the ponderous Is full of long motions; as the ponderous Deflations of distance; or as clouds Deflations of distance; or as clouds Inseparable from their afternoons; Inseparable from their afternoons; Or the changing of light, the dropping Or the changing of light, the dropping Of the silence, wide sleep and solitude Of the silence, wide sleep and solitude Of night, in which all motion Is beyond us, as the firmament, Up-rising and down-falling, bares The last largeness, bold to see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS by CHARLES SIMIC ON THE DEATH OF A METAPHYSICIAN by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE BASE OF ALL METAPHYSICS by WALT WHITMAN BODY AND SOUL: A METAPHYSICAL ARGUMENT by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT TIME SPACE by ISABEL FISKE CONANT METAPHYSICS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS AFTER A READING, CHARLES BUKOWSKI RETURNS & GIVES ME THE LOWDOWN .... by CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY ALLEGRO NON TROPPO by CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY A DISH OF PEACHES IN RUSSIA by WALLACE STEVENS |
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