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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALCMENE, by YANNIS RITSOS Poem Explanation First Line: She who, that first night, slept with a god, not knowing Last Line: Combing her long hair, still thick, even if lifeless and %dyed | |||
View Poem Text | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 11 by JAMES JOYCE SONNET (6) by GEORGE SANTAYANA A LITTLE CHILD'S HYMN; FOR NIGHT AND MORNING by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE ELEGIAC SONNET: 7. ON THE DEPARTURE OF THE NIGHTINGALE by CHARLOTTE SMITH CLEVER TOM CLINCH GOING TO BE HANGED by JONATHAN SWIFT HAWTHORN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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