Read full poem →Oft have we known that sevenfold fence to fail,
Though stiff with hoops, and arm'd with ribs of whale; 120
Form a strong line about the silver bound,
Dictionary Entry
Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum
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Common Phrases
. ribsribs lowerribs brokenribs two
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Poetry examples for “ribs”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →*' He took in sounds that might create a soul
Under the ribs of Death." '
Read full poem →But that a dream can die, will be a thrust
Between my ribs forever of hot pain.
Read full poem →The old dog lay and licked the wounds that bled,
The ploughman beat him till his ribs would crack,
And then the shepherd slung him at his back;
Read full poem →Are these _her_ naked ribs, which fleck’d
The sun that did behind them peer?
Read full poem →Circumambulate her charm;
But our lot crawls between dry ribs
To keep our metaphysics warm.
Read full poem →The committee open the box, set up the regal ribs, glue those that will not stay,
Clap the skull on top of the ribs, and clap a crown on top of the skull.
Read full poem →An unseen hand also pass’d over their bodies,
It descended tremblingly from their temples and ribs.
Read full poem →Are these _her_ naked ribs, which fleck’d
The sun that did behind them peer?