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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MAN TO A WOMAN, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Though you complain of me
Last Line: In your identity.
Subject(s): Fame; Man-woman Relationships; Reputation; Male-female Relations
First Line: Though you complain of me
Last Line: In your identity.
Subject(s): Fame; Man-woman Relationships; Reputation; Male-female Relations
Though you complain of me
That I build no marvel to your name;
That I have never grappled time to proclaim
You everlastingly;
Though no marble, however white it be,
Compels me to win your fame:
My soul is shapen as by a flame
In your identity.
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