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TO ONE AWAY by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HEARD A CRY IN THE NIGHT
Last Line: I know, I know!
Subject(s): ABSENCE; LOVE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;
I heard a cry in the night,
A thousand miles it came,
Sharp as a flash of light,
My name, my name!

It was your voice I heard,
You waked and loved me so,
I send you back this word,
I know, I know!



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