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THE SPUR by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU THINK IT IS HORRIBLE THAT LUST AND RAGE
Last Line: What else have I to spur me into song?
Subject(s): OLD AGE; LUST; ANGER;
You think it horrible that lust and rage
Should dance attention upon my old age;
They were not such a plague when I was young;
What else have I to spur me into song?



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