Poetry Quotes!

"You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light."
-Emily Dickenson, Heart! We will forget him!
In this poem, Dickenson is "speaking" to her broken heart. She tells her heart to forget the warmth it felt when he was around and she will forget the brightness she saw around her from happiness when he was there. This quote has a lot of meaning and is very deep because no girl wants to dwell on a boy that broke her heart.
Her early leafs a flower; But only so an hour.
-Robert Frost, Nothing Gold Can Stay
This quote talks about time and nature. Nature is constantly growing, dieing and being reborn. Nothing stays the same longer than an hour. We need to enjoy what we have now. I compare the flower in this poem to my younger childhood years. I wanted to grow up so fast but I didn't realize that I needed to enjoy my time because you can decide the future, but you can't change the past.
And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger.
-Carl Sandburg, Chicago
Sandburg uses this line to describe the negatives of Chicago. Many people only see the bright side, the light and entertainment. Yet, many do not see the poverty, the filth, or the crime that goes on behind the scenes.
The singer stopped playing and went to bed, While the Weary Blues echoed through his head
-Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues
The singer's life is full of soul and music, that even when he sleeps, he dreams of the "Weary Blues." I like this quote because it shows how music can be such a big part of someones life and how music affects people.
Still, the profound change has come upon them: rooted they grip down and begin to awaken.
-William Carlos Williams, Spring and All
This quote represents life and a new beginning. "They" are the plants beginning to grow and blossom. Although many changes have occurred around them, they still begin to grow as their generations did before. We can compare this to the real world. Although many things have changed, people grow and blossom and learn to overcome difficulties and just live their lives.