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- May 2016
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tspace.library.utoronto.ca tspace.library.utoronto.ca
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Precipitous descent! with stretched out neck, 11Bending thy head in airy vacancy, 12This way and that, inquiring, thou hast seemed 13To ask protection; now, I cannot kill thee. 14Yet I have sworn perdition to thy race, 15And recent from the slaughter am I come
I enjoy the epic language of this hyperbole.
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embryo
embryo instead of embryonic suggests a metaphorical meaning by using it to modify nations.
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No, helpless thing, I cannot harm thee now; 2Depart in peace, thy little life is safe, 3For I have scanned thy form with curious eye, 4Noted the silver line that streaks thy back, 5The azure and the orange that divide 6Thy velvet sides; thee, houseless wanderer, 7My garment has enfolded, and my arm 8Felt the light pressure of thy hairy feet; 9Thou hast curled round my finger; from its tip, 10Precipitous descent! with stretched out neck, 11Bending thy head in airy vacancy, 12This way and that, inquiring, thou hast seemed 13To ask protection; now, I cannot kill thee.
This is the first sentence of the poem--13 lines!
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newtfire.org newtfire.org
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Use the tag #UPGHumDay
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