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A HATE-SONG by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: A HATER HE CAME AND SAT BY A DITCH
Last Line: GAINST A WOMAN THAT WAS A BRUTE.
Subject(s): HATE;
A Hater he came and sat by a ditch,
And he took an old cracked lute;
And he sang a song that was more of a screech
'Gainst a woman that was a brute.



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