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FACADE: 7. MADAME MOUSE TROTS by EDITH SITWELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: MADAME MOUSE TROTS
Last Line: ALL'S WELL WITH THE WORLD!
Subject(s): MICE;

MADAME MOUSE trots,
Grey in the black night!
Madame Mouse trots:
Furred is the light.
The elephant-trunks
Trumpet from the sea . . .
Grey in the black night
The mouse trots free.
Hoarse as a dog's bark
The heavy leaves are furled . . .
The cat's in his cradle,
All's well with the world!



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