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OMAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: OLD OMAR, JOLLY SCEPTIC, IT MAY BE
Last Line: MUST OWN YOU HAVE ALMOST PERSUADED ME.
Subject(s): LIFE;
Old Omar, jolly sceptic, it may be
That, after all, you found the magic key
To life and all its mystery, and I
Must own you have almost persuaded me.



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