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SNAILS by MARY OLIVER

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU STAND INSIDE THE LIME-GREEN HOUSE OF THE SALT MARSH
Last Line: YOUR OWN DELICATE HANDS, YOU TOUCH YOUR LIPS

Poem Sources:

WHITE PINE.
  OLIVER, MARY
  (1994)
 



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