SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: FRANK DRUMMER, by EDGAR LEE MASTERSPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: Out of a cell into this darkened space Last Line: The encyclopaedia britannica!
OUT of a cell into this darkened space -- The end at twenty-five! My tongue could not speak what stirred within me, And the village thought me a fool. Yet at the start there was a clear vision, A high and urgent purpose in my soul Which drove me on trying to memorize The Encyclopaedia Britannica!
