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TO A SCREEN-MAKER by MARIANNE MOORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: NOT OF SILVER NOR OF CORAL
Last Line: HANGING HIGH.
Subject(s): SCREENS;

I.

Not of silver nor of coral
But of weather-beaten laurel
Carve it out.

II.

Carve out here and there a face
And a dragon circling space
Coiled about.

III.

Represent a branching tree
Uniform like tapestry
And no sky.

IV.

And devise a rustic bower
And a pointed passion flower
Hanging high.



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