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TOWARD THE PIRAEUS: 1 by HILDA DOOLITTLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU WOULD HAVE BROKEN MY WINGS
Last Line: IF I ESCAPE YOUR EVIL HEART.
Subject(s): BIBLE; HEARTS; MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; MEN; PAIN; MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS; SUFFERING; MISERY;
YOU would have broken my wings,
but the very fact that you knew
I had wings, set some seal
on my bitter heart, my heart
broke and fluttered and sang.

You would have snared me,
and scattered the strands of my nest;
but the very fact that you saw,
sheltered me, claimed me,
set me apart from the rest

Of men -- of @3men@1 made you a god,
and me, claimed me, set me apart
and the song in my breast, yours, yours forever --
if I escape your evil heart.



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