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THE WEAVER by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: FOR YEARS WITHIN A MUD-BUILT ROOM
Last Line: WHO WEAVES FOR ARVA'S SHRINE.
Subject(s): WEAVERS AND WEAVING;
For years within a mud-built room
For Arva's shrine he weaves the shawl,
Lone wight, and at a lonely loom,
His busy shadow on the wall.

The face is pinched, the form is bent,
No pastime knows he nor the wine,
Recluse he lives and abstinent
Who weaves for Arva's shrine.



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