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BIRDS AT WINTER NIGHTFALL; TRIOLET by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: AROUND THE HOUSE THE FLAKES FLY FASTER
Last Line: AND ALL THE BERRIES NOW ARE GONE!
Subject(s): BIRDS; WINTER;

AROUND the house the flakes fly faster,
And all the berries now are gone
From holly and cotonea-aster
Around the house. The flakes fly! - faster
Shutting indoors that crumb-outcaster
We used to see upon the lawn
Around the house. The flakes fly faster,
And all the berries now are gone!




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