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PORTRAIT IN BLACK PAINT; WITH VERY SPARING USE OF WHITEWASH by ELINOR WYLIE

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: SHE GIVES HERSELF;' THERE'S A POETIC THOUGHT
Last Line: BUT WHETHER THIS HAS TRULY BEEN HER STORY %SHE'LL NEVER KNOW, THIS SIDE OF PURGATORY

Poem Sources:

THE NEW YORKER BOOK OF VERSE.
  (1935)
 
COLLECTED POEMS OF ELINOR WYLIE. WILLIAM ROSE BENET (ED.)
  WYLIE, ELINOR
  (1932)
 



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