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LOVE FOR A HAND by KARL SHAPIRO

Poet Analysis

First Line: TWO HANDS LIE STILL, THE HAIRY AND THE WHITE,
Last Line: And breaks it open gently. Now he can see / the sweetness of the fruit, his hand eats hers
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; HANDS; LOVE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171488


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