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Analysis (ai): "A Ballad of London" celebrates London's vibrant nightlife, juxtaposing its beauty with the hidden suffering beneath its surface. Utilizing imagery of lamps and moths, the poem portrays the city as a place where people seek pleasure, even at the expense of others.
by Richard Le Gallienne. Ah, London! London! our delight, Great flower that opens but at night, Great City of the midnight sun, Whose day begins when day is done. Lamp after lamp against the sky. Opens a sudden beaming eye,
May 13, 2011 · A Ballad of London. Richard Le Gallienne 1866 (Liverpool) – 1947. Life. Love. Nature. AH, London! London! our delight, Great flower that opens but at night, Great City of the midnight sun, Whose day begins when day is done. Lamp after lamp against the sky. Opens a sudden beaming eye, Leaping alight on either hand, The iron lilies of the Strand.
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Richard Le Gallienne. A Ballad of London. AH, London! London! our delight, Great flower that opens but at night, Great City of the midnight sun, Whose day begins when day is done. Lamp after lamp against the sky. Opens a sudden beaming eye, Leaping alight on either hand, The iron lilies of the Strand. Like dragonflies, the hansoms hover,
May 13, 2011 · An analysis of the A Ballad of London poem by Richard Le Gallienne including schema, poetic form, metre, stanzas and plenty more comprehensive statistics.
A Ballad Of London. AH, London! London! our delight, Great flower that opens but at night, Great City of the midnight sun, Whose day begins when day is done. Lamp after lamp against the sky. Opens a sudden beaming eye,
The human moths about the light Dash and cling close in dazed delight, And burn and laugh, the world and wife, For this is London, this is life! Upon thy petals butterflies, But at thy root, some say, there lies A world of weeping trodden things, Poor worms that have not eyes or wings.
