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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIGURE OF FORMAL LOSS: THE PEARL, by CLEOPATRA MATHIS Poem Explanation First Line: No longer someone's mother, %she's still a woman, doing the usual chores Last Line: And over it, the luminous shell of her own being: %a shining that passes for who she is Variant Title(s): Figure Of Formal Loss: Pear Subject(s): Mothers | |||
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