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HOLES BORED IN A WORKBAG BY THE SCISSORS by MARIANNE MOORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: A NEAT, ROUND HOLE IN THE BANK OF THE CREEK
Last Line: VOIDS.
Subject(s): RATS;
A NEAT, round hole in the bank of the creek
Means a rat;
That is to say, craft, industry, resourcefulness:
While
These indicate the unfortunate, meek
Habitat
Of surgery thrust home to fabricate useless
Voids.



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