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STRANGE by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: STRANGE THAT WE TWO, WHO LOVE ALL QUIET THINGS
Last Line: LOCKED IN THE GRIM FATALITY OF WAR.
Subject(s): WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR;
Strange that we two, who love all quiet things,
Coves by the sea, with waves too small for foam,
Stars seen in water, love too sure for speech,
And eyes that make for other eyes a home;

Strange that we two should choose this harried hour
To leave whatever world we knew before
For this sick planet, with its tired hordes
Locked in the grim fatality of war.



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