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PERSONAL HELICON; FOR MICHAEL LONGLEY by SEAMUS HEANEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS A CHILD, THEY COULD NOT KEEP ME FROM WELLS
Last Line: To see myself, to set the darkness echoing
Subject(s): SELF; WELLS;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://seamusheaneyhome.com/the-helicon/



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