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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 | |||
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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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