"I have heard the sunset song of the birches," - A poem by Stephen Crane


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Stephen Crane - "I have heard the sunset song of the birches,"

"I have heard the sunset song of the birches,
A white melody in the silence,
I have seen a quarrel of the pines.
At nightfall
The little grasses have rushed by me
With the wind men.
These things have I lived," quoth the maniac,
"Possessing only eyes and ears.
But you --
You don green spectacles before you look at roses."

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Poet: Stephen Crane Poem: 7. "I have heard the sunset song of the birches," Volume: War is Kind & Other Lines Year: Published/Written in 1899 Comment 2 of 2, added on March 10th, 2006 at 5:01 PM. I also like this poem it shows that you have meaning and the you don't have to show (but you have to except)the things others tell you in my oppinion Kara from United States Comment 1 of 2, added on March 29th, 2005 at 10:09 PM. This is a beautiful poem and one of my favorite Crane poems. It is about how the "maniac", a man rejected by society, sits in nature and interprets his surroundings in his own way. He can observe nature purely through his own eyes and ears. The "you" (probably society in general) person in the poem can't even enjoy nature how it is - the person distorts it with his green spectacles and refuses to see the roses except through the distorted glasses, or viewpoint, society has given him. GJB from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, "I have heard the sunset song of the birches,", has received 2 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Stephen Crane with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Stephen Crane Poem: 7. "I have heard the sunset song of the birches," Volume: War is Kind & Other Lines Year: Published/Written in 1899 Last read: Jul 25 2008, 11:56AM Viewed 2278 times. Added on March 29th, 2005 at 10:09 PM.

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