"I shall keep them [my thoughts] to myself for a time, and when I am older / They will shine as a white worm shines under a green boulder."
— Smith, Stevie (1902-1971)
Author
Work Title
Publisher
J. Cape
Date
1942
Metaphor
"I shall keep them [my thoughts] to myself for a time, and when I am older / They will shine as a white worm shines under a green boulder."
Metaphor in Context
I shall be glad to be silent, Mother, and hear you speak,
You encouraged me to tell too much, and my thoughts are weak,
I shall keep them to myself for a time, and when I am older
They will shine as a white worm shines under a green boulder.
(p. 204)
You encouraged me to tell too much, and my thoughts are weak,
I shall keep them to myself for a time, and when I am older
They will shine as a white worm shines under a green boulder.
(p. 204)
Categories
Provenance
Reading David Orr's "Freely Rhymed" in The New York Times Book Review (April 24, 2016).
Citation
Text from The Collected Poems of Stevie Smith (New York: New Directions Books, 1983).
Date of Entry
04/26/2016
