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TO A FAT LADY SEEN FROM THE TRAIN by FRANCES CROFTS DARWIN CORNFORD

Poet Analysis

First Line: O WHY DO YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIELDS IN GLOVES
Last Line: MISSING SO MUCH AND SO MUCH?
Subject(s): ENVIRONMENT; FIELDS; OBESITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION; PASTURES; MEADOWS; LEAS;
O WHY do you walk through the fields in gloves,
Missing so much and so much?
O fat white woman, whom nobody loves,
Why do you walk through the fields in gloves,
When the grass is soft as the breast of doves
And shivering-sweet to the touch?
O why do you walk through the fields in gloves,
Missing so much and so much?



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