Before The Flood Comments

It is worth reading (the poem) . bri ;)

'under the kitchen'..I'm thinking he means 'kitchen window' And was the Ark ever built, not even a Small Ark; IS there such a thing?

And for the length of the poem I'd be looking for it to divided into stanzas. Oh, well, it IS interesting and SOUNDS like how a young kid might talk without stopping.

Well it seems William didn't believe in capitalization OR punctuation for this poem. I guess this could be called 'free verse'? ?

William Stanley Merwin (September 30,1927 - March 15,2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose and produced many works in...'

A great comparison with the Ark of Noah. Very impressing poem

MY FINAL RESPONSE Most deserving poem chosen by PoemHunter and Team as The Modern Poem Of The Day. CONGRATULATIONS! Most deserving

MY FINAL COMMENT: I have added the greatest reason for this precious and important poem

FOUR: and asks the same 'spirit' that inspired the farmers to guard the monument against the destructive forces of time and nature. Written for the monument's dedication day in 1837, 'Concord Hymn' was eventually published in Emerson's collection Poems (1848)

THREE: and it set in motion the conflict that resulted in American independence from colonial British rule. The speaker implores the crowd to remember the bravery of 'embattled [American] farmers'.

TWO: the dedication of a monument to the Battle of Concord. This battle was one of the earliest in the American Revolution,

ONE: To understand this poem, we must know what occurred before. I will tell that here:

Presaging verses about the coming of waters so to build an ark.....interesting

a poem with a message? that every body cries when some one dies!

Promise.... thanks for sharing......

To build an Ark before the flood! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.