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THE MAN WITH THE HOE OUTWITTED by EDWIN MARKHAM

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE DREW A CIRCLE THAT SHUT ME OUT
Last Line: WE DREW A CIRCLE THAT TOOK HIM IN!
Subject(s): FORGIVENESS; LABOR & LABORERS; CLEMENCY; WORK; WORKERS;
HE DREW a circle that shut me out --
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!



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