Read full poem →had begun to grow out of his hatred of God, or had become less
insistent upon it. This poem is still obsessedly inverted (II, iSiff.,
which Miss Tuve tries in vain to explain away), but its satire, such as
Dictionary Entry
Standing or resting on something.
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Poetry examples for “insistent”
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Read full poem →the sense of flight and escape; the repeated thought of safety,
the insistent fatigue, the cry for sleep; -- all these bear confession
in their faces. "Flight", "Town and Country", "The Voice", are eloquent
Read full poem →The voice returns like the insistent out-of-tune
Of a broken violin on an August afternoon:
Read full poem →That fade behind a city block,
Or trampled by insistent feet
At four and five and six o'clock;
Read full poem →O they were speechful faces, gazing insistent,
Some as with smiles,