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A WOMAN YOUNG AND OLD: 1. FATHER AND CHILD by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Poet Analysis

First Line: SHE HEARS ME STRIKE THE BOARD AND SAY
Last Line: Cold as the March wind his eyes
Subject(s): LOVE - EROTIC; LOVE;
She hears me strike the board and say
That she is under ban
Of all good men and women,
Being mentioned with a man
That has the worst of all bad names;
And thereupon replies
That his hair is beautiful,
Cold as the March wind his eyes.



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