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BLUEBEARD by RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: BLUEBEARD. LET THE GENTLE WIFE PREPARE
Last Line: HOW TO SPOIL HER RELISH FOR IT.

Bluebeard. Let the gentle wife prepare
With housewife's pride her utmost feast
I know with granite glance
And one or two bitter words
How to spoil her relish for it.



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