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ANTICIPATION by AMY LOWELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE BEEN TEMPERATE ALWAYS
Last Line: With the clash and gurgle of filling wine-cups
Subject(s): WAITING; DESIRE;
I have been temperate always,
But I am like to be very drunk
With your coming.
There have been times
I feared to walk down the street
Lest I should reel with the wine of you,
And jerk against my neighbours
As they go by.
I am parched now, and my tongue is horrible in my mouth,
But my brain is noisy
With the clash and gurgle of filling wine-cups.



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