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MYTH by WILLIAM EMPSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOUNG THESEUS MAKES A MISSION OF HIS DOOM
Last Line: WHERE ARIADNE HOLDS %HER COBWEBS, ILL-ADVISED
Subject(s): INSECTS; MYTHOLOGY; SPIDERS;

Poem Sources:

THE COMPLETE POEMS OF WILLIAM EMPSON. EDITED BY JOHN HAFFENDEN.
  EMPSON, WILLIAM
  (2000)
 



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