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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A FRIEND, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Well, lizzie anderson! Seventeen men -- and
Last Line: The law is changed into a mouthful of phrases.
Subject(s): Law & Lawyers; Promiscuity
First Line: Well, lizzie anderson! Seventeen men -- and
Last Line: The law is changed into a mouthful of phrases.
Subject(s): Law & Lawyers; Promiscuity
Well, Lizzie Anderson! seventeen men -- and
the baby hard to find a father for!
What will the good Father in Heaven say
to the local judge if he do not solve this problem?
A little two-pointed smile and -- pouff! --
the law is changed into a mouthful of phrases.
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