The Unquiet Street
The Unquiet Street is a novel by John Gould Fletcher, published in 1925. It tells the story of a young man, John, who moves to a small town in Arkansas to start a new life. He quickly finds himself in the middle of a feud between two powerful families, the Fletchers and the Wilsons. As the feud escalates, John is forced to choose sides and make difficult decisions that will shape his future. Along the way, he discovers secrets about the town and its inhabitants that will change his life forever. The novel is a powerful exploration of the power of family, loyalty, and the consequences of our choices.
By John Gould Fletcher · First published 1916 · Genre: Modernist Poetry, Southern Literature, Nature Writing · 105 words
First lines
By day and night this street is not still: Omnibuses with red tail-lamps, Taxicabs with shiny eyes, Rumble, shunning its ugliness. It is corrugated with wheel-ruts, It is dented and pockmarked with traffic, It has no time for sleep. It heaves its old scarred countenance Skyward between the buildings And never says a word.
On rainy nights It dully gleams Like the cold tarnished scales of a snake: And over it hang arc-lamps, Blue-white death-lilies on black stems.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: John Gould Fletcher
- Date: 1916 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Modernist Poetry, Southern Literature, Nature Writing
- Length: 105 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)
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Genres
- Modernist Poetry — The Unquiet Street is a collection of poems written by John Gould Fletcher, a prominent modernist poet.
- Southern Literature — The Unquiet Street is set in Little Rock, Arkansas, and many of the poems explore the culture and history of the American South.
- Nature Writing — The Unquiet Street contains many poems that explore the natural world, such as 'The Wind in the Trees' and 'The River.'
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20th century · American poetry · English poetry · Imagist poetry · black · blue-white · cold · corrugated · day · death-lilies · dented · dully