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Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE WAS THE TREE OF REASON
Last Line: Splinters of fire, a strain of music heard, / then lost, then heard again
Subject(s): GOD; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

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