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GOLDWING MOTH by CARL SANDBURG

Poet Analysis

First Line: A GOLDWING MOTH IS BETWEEN THE SCISSORS AND THE INK BOTTLE ON THE DESK
Last Line: MANUSCRIPTS OF THE MEDIEVAL MONKS.
Subject(s): MANUSCRIPTS; MOTHS;

A GOLDWING moth is between the scissors and the ink bottle on the
desk.
Last night it flew hundreds of circles around a glass bulb and a flame
wire.
The wings are a soft gold; it is the gold of illuminated initials in
manuscripts of the medieval monks.




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