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THE TOAD-EATER by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT OF EARLS WITH WHOM YOU HAVE SUPT
Last Line: THOUGH IT CRAWL ON THE CURL OF A QUEEN!
Subject(s): HATE;
What of earls with whom you have supt,
And of dukes that you dined with yestreen,
Lord! an insect's an insect at most,
Though it crawl on the curl of a Queen!



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