Thursday, February 25, 2021

"A Golden Day" by Paul Laurence Dunbar

 

A Golden Day


I found you and I lost you, 
 All on a gleaming day. 
The day was filled with sunshine,
 And the land was full of May. 

A golden bird was singing
 Its melody divine, 
I found you and I loved you, 
 And all the world was mine. 

I found you and I lost you, 
All on a golden day, 
But when I dream of you, dear, 
It is always brimming May.



Enjoy the poem with beautiful music.


Poem Video👇

https://youtu.be/ur6uNdpU2No







Who wrote the poem "A Golden Day"?


Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906)

Paul Laurence Dunbar was an African-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Born to parents who were freed slaves from Kentucky, Dunbar began writing stories and poems from 6 and published his first poem at 16. He was the only African-American student at Central High School in Dayton, Ohio. But he was well accepted among students and was elected as president of the school’s literary society, and became the editor of the school newspaper. Dunbar later became one of the first African-American writers to gain an international literary fame. He died from tuberculosis in Dayton, Ohio at 33.



"A Golden Day" Explanation

In the poem, the speaker calmly talks about his or her past love and good memories. The poem is quite short and simple, and yet it still brings about such powerful, universal feelings as loneliness and yearning.





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