Question

the poem songs of spavinaw

Answer 1

Explanation:

The poem "songs of Spavinaw" by Ruth Muskrat Bronson reads;

Stanza one

"I am the river of Spavinaw,

   I am the river of pain;

Sadness and gladness must answer my law;

Measure for measure I give, and withdraw  

Back through the hills of the Spavinaw,

Hiding away from the plain."

Stanza Two

"I am the river of Spavinaw;

  I sing the songs of the world;

Dashing and whirling, swishing and swirling,

Delicate, mystical, silvery spray hurling,

Sing I the songs of the world,

The passionate songs of the world.

I sing of laughter and mirth, "

Stanza Three

    "And I laugh in a gurgle of glee

As the myriad joys of the earth

Trip through the light with me.

Gay shallows dimple, sparkle and ripple.

Like songs that a lover would sing,

Skipping in moonlight,

Tripping in moonlight,

Whispering echoes of spring."

Stanza Four

"And again

I move with the slow sadness of pain.

In my dark blue deep, where the shadows creep,

I catch up life’s sorrows and mirror them back again.

And my song is a throbbing, pitiful sobbing,

Choked by an agonized pain."

Stanza Five

"And then

 I move forth toward the beckoning north,

 And I sing of the power of men.

As I dash down my falls,

   As I beat at my walls

Frantically fighting, running and righting,

All through the flood, through the snarling and biting,

I sing of the power of men,

Of the hurry and power of men."

Stanza Six

"I am the river of Spavinaw,

 I am the giver of pain;

Sadness and gladness must answer my law;

Measure for measure I give, and withdraw

Back through the hills of the Spavinaw,

Hiding away from the plain."