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THE BEAST OF BURDEN by MARIANNE MOORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I THINK THE SCOURGE WAS MADE FOR MEN
Last Line: WE FORFEIT, HE ATTAINS THE GOAL.
Subject(s): MORTALITY;
I think the scourge was made for men
That have the power to rise again.

Because when scourged such beasts as I
Have no alternative. We die.

At death, we lose, man gains a soul.
We forfeit, he attains the goal.



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