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GROWN-UP by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

Poet Analysis

First Line: WAS IT FOR THIS I UTTERED PRAYERS
Last Line: I SHOULD RETIRE AT HALF-PAST EIGHT?
Subject(s): AGING;
Was it for this I uttered prayers,
And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,
That now, domestic as a plate,
I should retire at half-past eight?


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