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EPIGRAM: 5 by THOMAS WYATT

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE IS NOT DEAD THAT SOMETIME HATH A FALL
Last Line: DOETH RYSE AGAIN AND GREATER WODE DOETH BIND.
Subject(s): DEATH; FORTUNE; SUN; WIND; DEAD, THE;

He is not dead that sometime hath a fall,
The sonne retorneth that was under the cloud,
And when fortune hath spitt oute all her gall,
I trust good luck to me shall be allowed.
For I have sene a shipp into heaven fall
After the storme hath broke boeth mast and shrowed,
And eke the willowe that stoppeth with the wind
Doeth ryse again and greater wode doeth bind.



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