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ON THOSE THAT HATED 'THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD' by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Poet Analysis

First Line: ONCE, WHEN MIDNIGHT SMOTE THE AIR
Last Line: STARING UPON HIS SINEWY THIGH.
Subject(s): SYNGE, JOHN MILLINGTON (1871-1909);
ONCE, when midnight smote the air,
Eunuchs ran through Hell and met
On every crowded street to stare
Upon great Juan riding by:
Even like these to rail and sweat
Staring upon his sinewy thigh.



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