Classic and Contemporary Poetry

TO A LADY, WHOI MUST WRITE VERSE by DOROTHY PARKER

Poet Analysis

First Line: UNTO SEVENTY YEARS AND SEVEN
Last Line: LEST A COOLED, BENIGNANT PHAON %MURMUR, 'FOOLISH LITTLE THING!'

Poem Sources:

THE NEW YORKER BOOK OF VERSE.
(1935)

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