Yeats, ‘ He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven’. And what good is there to say about this short poem? We think it’s a beautiful example of early twentieth-century lyricism:įollow the link above to read this tender lyric poem in full.Ħ. The French title of this poem translates as ‘what good is there to say’. ‘A Quoi Bon Dire’ was published in Charlotte Mew’s 1916 volume The Farmer’s Bride. The heart desires pleasure, but failing that, will settle for being excused from pain, and to live a life without suffering pain.Ĭharlotte Mew (1869-1928) was a popular poet in her lifetime, and was admired by fellow poets Ezra Pound and Thomas Hardy. The poem examines what one’s ‘heart’ most desires: a common theme in lyric poetry. So begins this short lyric poem from the prolific nineteenth-century American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-86).
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