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THE PAST IS THE PRESENT (2) by MARIANNE MOORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: REVIVED BITTERNESS / IS UNNECESSARY UNLESS / ONE IS IGNORANT
Last Line: A BRASS NAILED ECHO.
Subject(s): TIME;

Revived bitterness
is unnecessary unless
One is ignorant.

To-morrow will be
Yesterday unless you say the
Days of the week back-

Ward. Last weeks' circus
Overflow frames an old grudge. Thus:
When you attempt to

Force the doors open and come
At the cause of the shouts, you thumb
A brass nailed echo.



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