This poem is written in the (*) triadic-line form that the poet employed throughout the collection Journey to Love, in which it was included.
The speaker of this poem recalls: "The statue / of Colleoni's horse / with the thickset little man / on top" that "comes persistently" to his mind. One book of this poem opens by declaring that: "All appears / as if seen / wavering through water" when "Approaching death". The speaker of this poem says that there is something urgent he has to say, "But it must wait / While I drink in / the joy of your approach / perhaps for the last time". This poem declares: "It is difficult / to get the news from poems / yet men die miserably every day / for lack / of what is found there". This poem is written in the (*) triadic-line form that the poet employed throughout the collection Journey to Love, in which it was included. This poemÂ—which was written as an attempt to win back the poet's wife, FlossieÂ—describes something that is "like a buttercup / upon its branching stem", except for its color. For 10 points, name this long poem about a certain flower by William Carlos Williams.
The speaker of this poem recalls: "The statue / of Colleoni's horse / with the thickset little man / on top" that "comes persistently" to his mind.
"Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"