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EVENING by HILDA DOOLITTLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE LIGHT PASSES
Last Line: AND LEAF-SHADOW ARE LOST.
Subject(s): BIBLE; EVENING; SUNSET; TWILIGHT;

THE light passes
from ridge to ridge,
from flower to flower; --
the hypaticas, wide-spread
under the light
grow faint --
the petals reach inward,
the blue tips bend
toward the bluer heart
and the flowers are lost.
The cornel-buds are still white,
but shadows dart
from the cornel-roots --
black creeps from root to root,
each leaf
cuts another leaf on the grass,
shadow seeks shadow,
then both leaf
and leaf-shadow are lost.



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