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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BEAST OF BURDEN, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I think the scourge was made for men
Last Line: We forfeit, he attains the goal.
Subject(s): Mortality
First Line: I think the scourge was made for men
Last Line: We forfeit, he attains the goal.
Subject(s): Mortality
I think the scourge was made for men
That have the power to rise again.
Because when scourged such beasts as I
Have no alternative. We die.
At death, we lose, man gains a soul.
We forfeit, he attains the goal.
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