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PARTED! by GEORGE MACDONALD

Poet Analysis

First Line: ANNIE, SHE'S DOWIE, AN' WILLIE, HE'S WAE
Last Line: "BUT THE DADDIE AND MINNIE THEY PAIRTIT THE TWAE!"
Subject(s): ABSENCE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;

"ANNIE, she's dowie, an' Willie, he's wae,
What can be the maitter wi' siccan a twae?
For Annie she's fair as the first o' the day,
An' Willie he's honest, an' stalwart, an' gay.

"Oh, the tane has a daddy, is poor an' prood;
The tither a minnie, wha cleiks at the gowd;
They lo'd ane anither, an' said their say,
But the daddie and minnie they pairtit the twae!"



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