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TALES OF THE ISLAND: 3. LA BELLE QUI FUT by DEREK WALCOTT

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: MISS ROSSINGOL LIVED IN THE LAZARETTO
Last Line: WHOSE PRIDE HAD PAUPERED BEAUTY TO THIS WITCH %WHO WAS SO FINE ONCE, WHOSE WERE SO SOFT

Poem Sources:

THE OXFORD BOOK OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY ENGLISH VERSE.
  LARKIN, PHILIP (ED.)
  (1973)
 
CARRIBEAN VOICES. COMBINED EDITION.
  FIGUEROA, JOHN (ED.)
  (1971)
 
COLLECTED POEMS: 1948-1984.
  WALCOTT, DEREK
  (1986)
 



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