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HOW THEY GOT HER TO QUIET DOWN by RUTH STONE

Poet Analysis

First Line: When the ceiling plaster fell in Aunt Mable's kitchen
Last Line: under a pieced quilt. "Quiet as a little bird," he said
Subject(s): MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; CONDUCT OF LIFE; MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS;

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