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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUPERNATURAL SONGS: 7. WHAT MAGIC DRUM?, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He holds him from desire, all but stops his breathing lest Last Line: What from the forest came? What beast has licked its young? Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Desire | |||
He holds him from desire, all but stops his breathing lest primordial Motherhood forsake his limbs, the child no longer rest, Drinking joy as it were milk upon his breast. Through light-obliterating garden foliage what magic drum? Down limb and breast or down that glimmering belly move his mouth and sinewy tongue. What from the forest came? What beast has licked its young? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICAN WEDDING by ESSEX HEMPHILL HISTORY OF DESIRE by TONY HOAGLAND ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER ROGER CASEMENT (AFTER READING 'THE FORGED CASEMENT DIARIES') by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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