Operation Poem by William Ernest Henley
Operation
You are carried in a basket,
Like a carcase from the shambles,
To the theatre, a cockpit
Where they stretch you on a table.
Then they bid you close your eyelids,
And they mask you with a napkin,
And the anaesthetic reaches
Hot and subtle through your being.
And you gasp and reel and shudder
In a rushing, swaying rapture,
While the voices at your elbow
Fade-receding-fainter-farther.
Lights about you shower and tumble,
And your blood seems crystallising -
Edged and vibrant, yet within you
Racked and hurried back and forward.
Then the lights grow fast and furious,
And you hear a noise of waters,
And you wrestle, blind and dizzy,
In an agony of effort,
Till a sudden lull accepts you,
And you sound an utter darkness . . .
And awaken . . . with a struggle . . .
On a hushed, attentive audience.
Seems so real as if taken straight from an operation theater. Enjoyed. So nice.
The atmosphere of an operation theatre as well as various activities being carried out or going on nicely re-created. The poet's observation and poetic representation is highly commendable. Thanks.
A hospital scenario that sends a chill into the spine.
And you gasp and reel and shudder In a rushing, swaying rapture, While the voices at your elbow......../// beautiful poem penned on the feeling of a patient on operation table in the hospital.
Racked and hurried back and forward, the lights grow fast and furious with amazing activity. This poem is very brilliantly and excellently penned.
How nice. The entire procedure comes to life with each word, line and stanza of the poem. Thanks.
Going through an operation is not an easy feeling though. Very nicely done the procedure. Enjoyed.
The procedure of operation and it's impact on the one being operated wonderfully narrated, Worthy modern poem of the day.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Considering that his dates are from the late 19th century he's lucky he even experienced the benefit of being anesthetized before being operated on. And that he survived to write about it.