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ABSENCE by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I CANNOT SLEEP, THE NIGHT IS HOT AND EMPTY
Last Line: ALL OF EARTH'S CHILDREN BOW BEFORE HER WILL.
Subject(s): ABSENCE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;
I cannot sleep, the night is hot and empty,
My thoughts leave nothing lovely in my heart,
You love me, and I love you, life is passing,
We are apart.

The August moonlight vibrates with the voices
Of insects and their passions frail and shrill --
Oh from what whips, oh from what secret scourgings
All of earth's children bow before her will.



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