The Late Singer - A poem by William Carlos Williams


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William Carlos Williams - The Late Singer

Here it is spring again 
and I still a young man! 
I am late at my singing. 
The sparrow with the black rain on his breast 
has been at his cadenzas for two weeks past:
What is it that is dragging at my heart? 
The grass by the back door 
is stiff with sap. 
The old maples are opening 
their branches of brown and yellow moth-flowers. 
A moon hangs in the blue 
in the early afternoons over the marshes. 
I am late at my singing.

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Poet: William Carlos Williams Poem: The Late Singer Volume: Sour Grapes Year: Published/Written in 1921 Comment 1 of 1, added on March 2nd, 2005 at 5:51 PM. i think this poem is talking about how he is still a young boy and that he wants to grow up and change just like everything else around him racheal from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The Late Singer, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by William Carlos Williams with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: William Carlos Williams Poem: The Late Singer Volume: Sour Grapes Year: Published/Written in 1921 Last read: Oct 10 2008, 9:03PM Viewed 2375 times. Added on March 2nd, 2005 at 5:51 PM.

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