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EPITAPH: FOR ONE WHO GAILY SOWED HIS OATS by COUNTEE CULLEN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: MY DAYS WERE A THING FOR ME TO LIVE
Last Line: Rind, inner fruit, and core
Subject(s): CARPE DIEM;

MY days were a thing for me to live,
For others to deplore;
I took of life all it could give:
Rind, inner fruit, and core.



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