WHAT woman hugs her infant there?
Another star has shot an ear.
What made the drapery glisten so?
Not a man but Delacroix.
What made the ceiling waterproof?
Landor's tarpaulin on the roof
What brushes fly and moth aside?
Irving and his plume of pride.
What hurries out the knaye and dolt?
Talma and his thunderbolt.
Why is the woman terror-struck?
Can there be mercy in that look?
'Can there be mercy in that look? ' - Loved this last line.
this poem is hard to understanding for me; but the last couplet - " Why is the woman terror-struck? Can there be mercy in that look? " - it's quite expressive and thought provoking where reader's mind will think and roam to get the roots of this poem again and again;
The basic concern raising simple doubts in day today life beautifully versified. A great classic poem crafted by the master craftsman.
I wish I could understand this poem a little better. It raises many questions and creates symbolic unusual answers but all answers seem ambiguous and short lived to relieve the terror of life.
Questions waiting for answers! ! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
" Why is the woman terror struck? Can there be mercy in that look? Meaningful questions raised in soliloquy in form of poetic expression.