In a single paragraph, describe the Romantic poem. Focus on the language, style, literary elements, and themes of the work.
Afternoon in School — The Last Lesson
D.H. Lawrence
When will the bell ring, and end this weariness?
How long have they tugged the leash, and strained apart My pack of unruly hounds: I cannot start Them again on a quarry of knowledge they hate to hunt, I can haul them and urge them no more. No more can I endure to bear the brunt Of the books that lie out on desks: a full three score Of several insults of blotted pages and scrawl Of slovenly work that they have offered me. I am sick, and tired more than any thrall 1 Upon the wood stocks working worriedly And shall I take The last dear fuel and heap it on my soul Till I rouse my will like a fire to consume 2 Their dross of indifference, and burn the scroll Of their insults in punishment?—I will not! I will not waste myself to embers for them, Not all for them shall the fires of my life be hot, For myself a heap of ashes of weariness, till sleep Shall have raked the embers clear: I will keep Some of my strength for myself, for if I should sell It all for them, I should hate them — I will sit and wait for the bell