The poem
Now as the train bears west, Its rhythm rocks the earth, And from my Pullman berth I stare into the night While others take their rest. Bridges of iron lace, A suddenness of trees, A lap of mountain mist All cross my line of sight, Then a bleak wasted place, And a lake below my knees. Full on my neck I feel The straining at a curve; My muscles move with steel, I wake in every nerve. I watch a beacon swing From dark to blazing bright; We thunder through ravines And gullies washed with light. Beyond the mountain pass Mist deepens on the pane; We rush into a rain That rattles double glass. Wheels shake the roadbed stone, The pistons jerk and shove, I stay up half the night To see the land I love.
this poem is very boring and queer.if u are looking 4 info on this poem, well too bad. on second thought, this is the greatest poem since Dr. Suess. love
Vitality
Okay, so as we all know Mr. Vitale from Italia believes that this masterpiece is crap. Well if he had a good sense of diction then he would be able to see that "Night Journey" is a wonderful piece of art. Scopta Tu Sinor Vitale!
well, well well, ms. colleen. Sorry that i am dissing on your husband. if u had good sense in diction, u wuld read Harry Potter or Tuesdays with Morrie or Mr Vitale's Secret Poems of Life.
Mr. Vitale from Italy
I am a deep and sincere colleague of Mr. Vitale from Italy and I must agree that good diction comes from Harry Potter and even more remarkably through Mr. Vitale's Secret Poems of Life. I read that and cried for days. I never knew the crazy guy had all those deep emotions in him. I love you man.
McGrath
sorry mr vitale, but i dont think anyone who cannot spell out an entire word or needs to replace it with numbers has any business judging literature at all.
I think this is an excellent poem that demonstrates such a rich spectrum of emotion, coupling it with a delicate mix of descriptive language. As I reader I reckon it's so easy to be swept up in the emotions Roethke is feeling, and for that it is extremely effective. I had fun analysing this.
I Don't really know where Mr Vitale is coming from in this... *shrug* Maybe he just can't read between the lines :-)