Les Danseuses. (Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker
Les Danseuses. (Translation) .
En volant de la nuit
Quelques
Heures desesperees
De plaisir.
En volant de la mort
Quelques
Jours desesperes
De la vie.
- ' Dancers'. Langston Hughes. From 'The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes', op. cit. p.334. (Poems 1941-1950) .
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: night
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Only a short lyric poem but full of meaning and pathos. The dancers steal a few hours of pleasure from the night: they also steal a few hours desperate days of life from death. A simple poem with depth of meaning. No real rhyme scheme but 'A few' is used effectively as a refrain.
'Dancers' is an example of 'Less is more'.
'Dancers' is an example of 'Less is more'.
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