John Gould Fletcher was an innovative 20th-century poet. He associated with poets like Amy Lowell and other Imagists. He was also associated with the Fugitives, a group of poets attempting to return to a simpler, more agrarian way of life and its inherent values. Read more of John Gould Fletcher’s Biography.
‘The Swan’ by John Gould Fletcher describes the movements of a swan within a body of water and a speaker’s desire to escape his life.
Under a wall of bronze,
Where beeches dip and trail
Their branches in the water;
With red-tipped head and wings—
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