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PLACES: 2. FULL MOON (SANTA BARBARA) by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I LISTENED, THERE WAS NOT A SOUND TO HEAR
Last Line: TRACING IN CRYSTAL THE SLOW WAY HE CAME.
Subject(s): MOON; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA;

I listened, there was not a sound to hear
In the great rain of moonlight pouring down,
The eucalyptus trees were carved in silver,
And a light mist of silver lulled the town.

I saw far off the grey Pacific bearing
A broad white disk of flame,
And on the garden-walk a snail beside me
Tracing in crystal the slow way he came.



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