80:" (1923), that there are significant differences between imaginative activity and ordinary experience. This theme can be understood as signalling that writing poetry has dangers. Poetic drowsing is liable to attack by the Indian, or by Berserk in "Peacocks", defeating imagination's task of transforming the ordinary. This sense of danger is absent in such earlier poems as "
563:
297:
76:
This poem is considered one of the shorter poems included in the first book of poems published by
Wallace Stevens. The poem meditates on Stevens's increasing awareness, also notably expressed in "
782:
570:
458:
220:
179:
661:
710:
591:
123:
777:
430:
409:
77:
626:
500:
81:
437:
696:
647:
381:
304:
416:
395:
276:
101:
675:
514:
360:
325:
189:
172:
28:
388:
339:
332:
654:
640:
612:
444:
703:
535:
227:
577:
493:
479:
472:
423:
353:
346:
283:
165:
772:
269:
213:
682:
262:
507:
556:
542:
767:
738:
724:
549:
521:
451:
290:
241:
528:
311:
255:
84:" (1915), where the old sailor need fear no such violence as he catches tigers in red weather.
731:
402:
127:
717:
318:
34:
689:
668:
605:
367:
206:
194:
102:"LibriVox :: View topic - COMPLETE: Public Domain Poems of W Stevens, Vol. 1 - PO/Ez"
23:
598:
234:
761:
633:
584:
465:
374:
248:
105:
157:
745:
619:
564:
Frogs Eat
Butterflies. Snakes Eat Frogs. Hogs Eat Snakes. Men Eat Hogs
298:
Cy Est
Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et Les Unze Mille Vierges
161:
571:Jasmine's Beautiful Thoughts Underneath The Willow
38:in October 1921, so it is in the public domain.
783:Works originally published in Poetry (magazine)
44:
459:The Curtains in the House of the Metaphysician
173:
8:
65: Drowsing in summer's sleepiest horn.
180:
166:
158:
221:The Paltry Nude Starts on a Spring Voyage
56: Wriggling far down the phantom air,
32:. It was first published in the journal
152:Wallace Stevens: The Making of Harmonium
61: The Indian struck and disappeared.
58: And on a comfortable sofa dreamed.
54: This was no worm bred in the moon,
51: Out of his cloud and from his sky.
662:Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
92:
49: The Indian, but the Indian struck
78:The Anecdote of the Prince of Peacocks
711:The Revolutionists Stop for Orangeade
592:The Bird with the Coppery, Keen Claws
7:
154:. 1967: Princeton University Press.
431:Anecdote of the Prince of Peacocks
410:On the Manner of Addressing Clouds
99:Buttel, p. 191. See also Librivox
14:
627:Two Figures in Dense Violet Night
63: I knew my enemy was near—I,
438:A High-Toned Old Christian Woman
697:The Surprises of the Superhuman
648:Hymn from a Watermelon Pavilion
417:Of Heaven Considered as a Tomb
382:Anecdote of Men by the Thousand
305:Hibiscus on the Sleeping Shores
47: I went to Egypt to escape
501:Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock
396:Floral Decorations for Bananas
277:Nuances of a Theme by Williams
82:Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock
1:
676:The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad
515:The Virgin Carrying a Lantern
326:Homunculus et la Belle Etoile
389:The Apostrophe to Vincentine
340:From the Misery of Don Joost
333:The Comedian as the Letter C
655:Peter Quince at the Clavier
641:To the One of Fictive Music
613:Colloquy with a Polish Aunt
445:The Place of the Solitaires
799:
704:Sea Surface Full of Clouds
536:Six Significant Landscapes
361:The Worms at Heaven's Gate
228:The Plot Against the Giant
778:Poetry by Wallace Stevens
201:
26:'s first book of poetry,
494:Tea at the Palaz of Hoon
480:The Emperor of Ice-Cream
473:Depression Before Spring
424:Of the Surface of Things
354:Last Looks at the Lilacs
347:O Florida, Venereal Soil
284:Metaphors of a Magnifico
270:Le Monocle de Mon Oncle
214:Invective Against Swans
16:Poem by Wallace Stevens
683:The Death of a Soldier
578:Cortège for Rosenbloom
263:The Load Of Sugar-Cane
68:
557:Palace of the Babies
543:Bantam in Pine-Woods
725:Anatomy of Monotony
550:Anecdote of the Jar
522:Stars at Tallapoosa
452:The Weeping Burgher
291:Ploughing on Sunday
242:Domination of Black
312:Fabliau of Florida
256:The Ordinary Women
20:"The Cuban Doctor"
755:
754:
732:The Public Square
403:Anecdote of Canna
790:
718:Lunar Paraphrase
487:The Cuban Doctor
319:Doctor of Geneva
182:
175:
168:
159:
139:
138:
136:
135:
126:. Archived from
116:
114:
113:
104:. Archived from
97:
42:The Cuban Doctor
798:
797:
793:
792:
791:
789:
788:
787:
758:
757:
756:
751:
669:Nomad Exquisite
606:The Wind Shifts
368:The Jack-Rabbit
207:Earthy Anecdote
197:
195:Wallace Stevens
186:
147:
142:
133:
131:
122:
111:
109:
100:
98:
94:
90:
74:
69:
67:
64:
62:
60:
59:
57:
55:
53:
52:
50:
48:
43:
24:Wallace Stevens
22:is a poem from
17:
12:
11:
5:
796:
794:
786:
785:
780:
775:
773:American poems
770:
760:
759:
753:
752:
750:
749:
742:
735:
728:
721:
714:
707:
700:
693:
686:
679:
672:
665:
658:
651:
644:
637:
630:
623:
616:
609:
602:
599:Life Is Motion
595:
588:
581:
574:
567:
560:
553:
546:
539:
532:
525:
518:
511:
508:Sunday Morning
504:
497:
490:
483:
476:
469:
462:
455:
448:
441:
434:
427:
420:
413:
406:
399:
392:
385:
378:
371:
364:
357:
350:
343:
336:
329:
322:
315:
308:
301:
294:
287:
280:
273:
266:
259:
252:
245:
238:
235:Infanta Marina
231:
224:
217:
210:
202:
199:
198:
187:
185:
184:
177:
170:
162:
156:
155:
146:
143:
141:
140:
91:
89:
86:
73:
72:Interpretation
70:
45:
41:
40:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
795:
784:
781:
779:
776:
774:
771:
769:
766:
765:
763:
747:
743:
740:
736:
733:
729:
726:
722:
719:
715:
712:
708:
705:
701:
698:
694:
691:
687:
684:
680:
677:
673:
670:
666:
663:
659:
656:
652:
649:
645:
642:
638:
635:
631:
628:
624:
621:
617:
614:
610:
607:
603:
600:
596:
593:
589:
586:
582:
579:
575:
572:
568:
565:
561:
558:
554:
551:
547:
544:
540:
537:
533:
530:
526:
523:
519:
516:
512:
509:
505:
502:
498:
495:
491:
488:
484:
481:
477:
474:
470:
467:
466:Banal Sojourn
463:
460:
456:
453:
449:
446:
442:
439:
435:
432:
428:
425:
421:
418:
414:
411:
407:
404:
400:
397:
393:
390:
386:
383:
379:
376:
375:Valley Candle
372:
369:
365:
362:
358:
355:
351:
348:
344:
341:
337:
334:
330:
327:
323:
320:
316:
313:
309:
306:
302:
299:
295:
292:
288:
285:
281:
278:
274:
271:
267:
264:
260:
257:
253:
250:
246:
243:
239:
236:
232:
229:
225:
222:
218:
215:
211:
208:
204:
203:
200:
196:
192:
191:
183:
178:
176:
171:
169:
164:
163:
160:
153:
149:
148:
144:
130:on 2008-02-03
129:
125:
120:
108:on 2010-10-13
107:
103:
96:
93:
87:
85:
83:
79:
71:
66:
39:
37:
36:
31:
30:
25:
21:
739:Indian River
486:
249:The Snow Man
188:
151:
132:. Retrieved
128:the original
118:
110:. Retrieved
106:the original
95:
75:
46:
33:
27:
19:
18:
529:Explanation
150:Buttel, R.
768:1921 poems
762:Categories
145:References
134:2007-02-23
112:2010-09-27
190:Harmonium
121:web site.
29:Harmonium
690:Negation
620:Gubbinal
124:"Poetry"
117:and the
634:Theory
585:Tattoo
119:Poetry
35:Poetry
88:Notes
746:Tea
193:by
764::
748:"
744:"
741:"
737:"
734:"
730:"
727:"
723:"
720:"
716:"
713:"
709:"
706:"
702:"
699:"
695:"
692:"
688:"
685:"
681:"
678:"
674:"
671:"
667:"
664:"
660:"
657:"
653:"
650:"
646:"
643:"
639:"
636:"
632:"
629:"
625:"
622:"
618:"
615:"
611:"
608:"
604:"
601:"
597:"
594:"
590:"
587:"
583:"
580:"
576:"
573:"
569:"
566:"
562:"
559:"
555:"
552:"
548:"
545:"
541:"
538:"
534:"
531:"
527:"
524:"
520:"
517:"
513:"
510:"
506:"
503:"
499:"
496:"
492:"
489:"
485:"
482:"
478:"
475:"
471:"
468:"
464:"
461:"
457:"
454:"
450:"
447:"
443:"
440:"
436:"
433:"
429:"
426:"
422:"
419:"
415:"
412:"
408:"
405:"
401:"
398:"
394:"
391:"
387:"
384:"
380:"
377:"
373:"
370:"
366:"
363:"
359:"
356:"
352:"
349:"
345:"
342:"
338:"
335:"
331:"
328:"
324:"
321:"
317:"
314:"
310:"
307:"
303:"
300:"
296:"
293:"
289:"
286:"
282:"
279:"
275:"
272:"
268:"
265:"
261:"
258:"
254:"
251:"
247:"
244:"
240:"
237:"
233:"
230:"
226:"
223:"
219:"
216:"
212:"
209:"
205:"
181:e
174:t
167:v
137:.
115:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.