F Scott Fitzgerald Modernism
City Dusk
Author Biography
Jazz
City Dusk
COME out . . . . out
To this inevitable night of mine
Oh you drinker of new wine,
Here's pageantry . . . . Here's carnival,
Rich dusk, dim streets and all
The whispering of city night . . . .
I have closed my book of fading harmonies,
(The shadows fell across me in the park)
And my soul was sad with violins and trees,
And I was sick for dark,
When suddenly it hastened by me, bringing
Thousands of lights, a haunting breeze,
And a night of streets and singing . . . .
I shall know you by your eager feet
And by your pale, pale hair;
I'll whisper happy incoherent things
While I'm waiting for you there . . . .
All the faces unforgettable in dusk
Will blend to yours,
And the footsteps like a thousand overtures
Will blend to yours,
And there will be more drunkenness than wine
In the softness of your eyes on mine . . . .
Faint violins where lovely ladies dine,
The brushing of skirts, the voices of the night
And all the lure of friendly eyes . . . . Ah there
We'll drift like summer sounds upon the summer air . . . .
TPCASTT
P- Stanza 1- Telling someone to go experience the city night with all the activities and peoples conversations.
Stanza 2 - Explaining the dark and lonely moments he experience in life , but then he opened his eyes and slowly left that behind
Stanza 3 - He is impatiently waiting for her imagining happy thoughts about her by describing her actions and characteristics.
Stanza 4 - He is being romantic and expressing his thoughts about his true love
Stanza 5 - This stanza shows his happy and fond memories of a party full lady with fancy clothes but only focusing on his true love.
C- Dusk- Darker phase of twilight
Pageantry-A detailed display or ceremony
Incoherent- Unclear expression or having the disability to speak clearly
A- Sad and lonely of being alone during the nights in the city because of everything that happens.
S- The first two stanza's show all memories being dark and sad. But the other stanza's he describes this lady that he loves and changes his attitude from dusk to hopeful.
T- you will feel lonely at times but its up to you to change that feeling
T- A person that feels lonely in the city trying to change that by imagining about what things could be like with his love.