Afterwhiles
Charming dialect verse and rural nostalgia in 19th-century AmericaBy James Whitcomb Riley
Length2h 5m
About this audiobook
In "Afterwhiles," James Whitcomb Riley masterfully weaves together a tapestry of nostalgia and sentimentality, capturing the essence of Midwestern American life at the turn of the 20th century. This collection of poems reflects Riley's characteristic use of colloquial language and expressive dialect, inviting readers into a world of rich imagery and emotional depth. Throughout the verses, themes of childhood longing, nature, and the passage of time resonate, revealing the poet's profound connection to both place and memory within the larger context of American literature that celebrates regionalism and the simplicity of rural existence. James Whitcomb Riley, often celebrated as the
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length2 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 23, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PROEM (AKA "Afterwhiles")
43Becalmed
2Herr Weiser
44To Santa Claus
3The Beautiful City
45Where the Children used to Play
4Lockerbie Street
46A Glimpse of Pan
5Das Krist Kindel
47SONNETS
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6Anselmo
48Pan
7A Home-Made Fairy Tale
49Dusk
8The South Wind and the Sun
50June
9The Lost Kiss
51Silence
10The Sphinx
52Sleep
11If I knew What Poets Know
53Her Hair
12Ike Walton's Prayer
54Dearth
13A Rough Sketch
55A Voice From the Farm
14Our Kind of a Man
56The Serenade
15The Harper
57Art and Love
16Old Aunt Mary's
58Longfellow
17Illileo
59Indiana
18The King
60Time
19A Bride
61Grant
20The Dead Lover
62IN DIALECT
21A Song
63Old Fashioned Roses
22When Bessie Died
64Griggsby's Station
23The Shower
65Knee Deep in June
24A Life Lesson
66When The Hearse Comes Back
25A Scrawl
67A Canary At the Farm
26Away
68A Liz Town Humorist
27Who Bides His Time
69Kingry's Mill
28From the Headboard of a Grave in Paraguay
70Joney
29Laughter Holding Both His Sides
71Like His Mother Used To Make
30Fame
72The Train Misser
31The Ripest Peach
73Granny
32A Fruit Piece
74Old October
33Their Sweet Sorrow
75Jim
34John McKeen
76To Robert Burns
35Out of Nazareth
77A New Year's Time at Willards's
36September Dark
78The Town Karnteel
37We To Sigh Instead of Sing
79Regardin' Terry Hut
38The Blossoms on the Trees
80Leedle Dutch Baby
39Last Night— And This
81Down On Wriggle Crick
40A Discouraging Model
82When De Folks Is Gone
41Back From a Two-years' Sentence
83The Little Town O' Tailholt
42The Wandering Jew
84Little Orphant Annie
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