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WITH MERCY FOR THE GREEDY by ANNE SEXTON

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: CONCERNING YOUR LETTER IN WHICH YOU ASK
Last Line: The world's pottage, the rat's star
Subject(s): CONFESSIONS; GOD; GREED; RELIGION; AVARICE; CUPIDITY; THEOLOGY;

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