Follies
Follies - form Summary
Free-verse Image Sequence
This short free-verse poem strings intense, sensory images—lilacs, poplars, ruined gardens, and a sunlit face—into a compact sequence that moves from fragility and decay toward renewal. The lack of regular meter or rhyme lets images arrive without formal interruption, so shifts in tone feel immediate and associative. The structure foregrounds perception and memory over argument, allowing a final, quietly affirmative note—May and remembering—to close the scene.
Read Complete AnalysesShaken, The blossoms of lilac, And shattered, The atoms of purple. Green dip the leaves, Darker the bark, Longer the shadows. Sheer lines of poplar Shimmer with masses of silver And down in a garden old with years And broken walls of ruin and story, Roses rise with red rain-memories. May! In the open world The sun comes and finds your face, Remembering all.
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