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EPIGRAM: ON COURT - PARROT by BEN JONSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: TO PLUCK DOWN MINE, POLL SETS UP NEW WITS STILL
Last Line: STILL, 'TIS HIS LUCK TO PRAISE ME 'GAINST HIS WILL.
Subject(s): PARROT, HENRY;
To pluck down mine, Poll sets up new wits still,
Still, 'tis his luck to praise me 'gainst his will.


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