Alphabetical Poem First Lines

8-lines of analysis torture, lol. Lost.

"Vain are these pomps, thy funeral rites to grace," - Dodsley, Robert; A POEM to the Memory of THOMAS, late Marquiss of WHARTON, Lord Privy Seal.... https://artflsrv04.uchicago.edu/phil...igate/1069/121

Got a bit mixed up here.

No decent analysis available, just eliteskills. Maybe we are getting a bit too dependent on these ai analyses. I usually don´t understand the poems of ED, because her images are unusual and cryptic. But that is why she is a great poet.

Was thinking about this nice custom of singing the virtues of the (usually noble) deceased. Today the homages in the social nets are much less poetic.

"White-robed nun, I pray thee tell me"."Sounds From The Convent" by Fannie Isabelle Sherrick
https://allpoetry.com/Sounds-From-The-Convent

Homage: so true.

Enjoyed this poem of musing on the life of a nun and the choices made and speculate.

Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name...

"If I could, I would put on a facemask and walk into the desert to" - Xi Chuan; Ode to Facemasks/Translated By Lucas Klein... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...e-to-facemasks

Enjoyed this Ode on Facemasks written during pandemics. Very original.:)

"You don't believe -- I won't attempt to make ye:"."You don't believe" by William Blake
https://allpoetry.com/You-Don%27t-Believe

Interesting poem on faith... Enjoyed :)

Poem by a poet with a 'z' in their name:

"Up Carmel's wood-clad height an aged prophet slowly creeps," - Zebulon Rudulph; "A View From Mount Carmel... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-vi...-mount-carmel/

Getting curious what identity is hidden behind the name of Zebulon Rudulph, because the poems are much better than one usually expects from internet users. Enjoyed!


"All those times I was bored". "Bored" by Margareth Atwood
https://allpoetry.com/Margaret-Atwood

ZR: Famous poet /1794-1866 according to AllPoetry... found a short bio: https://www.cecildaily.com/cecilwhig...a4b4fc4ce.html

"The boring rhythm of doing / things over and over, carrying / the wood, drying / the dishes." Unhappy at being married evidently. Enjoyed.

"Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans" - Edwin Markham; The Man with the Hoe... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_with_the_Hoe

Thanks for the bio of ZR. I thought all the time it was an user because the for our times somewhat extravagant name. Only his poetry read much better than the usual thing.

"The Man with the Hoe".What a wonderful poem! And I wonder if it is much known even in US.

"Childhood, sweet and sunny childhood,"." Childhood" by David Bates
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/childhood

"Childhood is a fountain welling,"... Enjoyed :)

"Dry August burned. A harvest hare" - Walter de la Mare; Dry August Burned... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327793-...ter-de-la-Mare

Good poem but sounds familiar.

"ERE this short winter's day be gone,"."A BIRTH-DAY OFFERING TO A YOUNG LADY. FROM HER LOVER" by George Canning
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry....86-w0410.shtml

Ah, the years take a toll. Two birds of various feather... and a mention of pre-existance... enjoyed :)

"Five little Girls, sitting on a form," - Kate Greenaway; At School... https://www.poetrycat.com/kate-greenaway/at-school

Cute poem!"

"Go away girl, go away". Spike-Milligan,"Goodbye SS"
https://www.poemine.com/Spike-Milligan/Goodbye-S-S.html

Bad breakup ?

"Hi! Handsome hunting man," - Walter de la Mare; Hi!... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494521-H...ter-de-la-Mare

re:Prolly.

Didn't like the tone of the poem.


"I was returning from hunting, and walking along an avenue of the garden, my " The Sparrow " by Ivan Turgenev
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8562665-T...-Ivan-Turgenev

I think Wally was being hyper-critical through sarcasm.

Poignant vignette... Enjoyed the poem immensely :)

"Just as the sun went bathing in a sea" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; Geraldine... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...ne-11472757470