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Слушать(AI)To an Intra-mural Rat
You make me think of many men Once met, to be forgot again Or merely resurrected In a parenthesis of wit That found them hastening through it Too brisk to be inspected.
Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.
The lyrical form of this poem is aabccb.
Marianne Moore
Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted
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