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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MAN WITH THE HOE OUTWITTED, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: He drew a circle that shut me out
Last Line: We drew a circle that took him in!
Variant Title(s): Outwitted
Subject(s): Forgiveness; Labor & Laborers; Clemency; Work; Workers
First Line: He drew a circle that shut me out
Last Line: We drew a circle that took him in!
Variant Title(s): Outwitted
Subject(s): Forgiveness; Labor & Laborers; Clemency; Work; Workers
HE DREW a circle that shut me out --
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!
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