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OREAD by HILDA DOOLITTLE

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: WHIRL UP, SEA
Last Line: COVER US WITH YOUR POOLS OF FIR.
Subject(s): BIBLE; NYMPHS;
Whirl up, sea --
whirl your pointed pines,
splash your great pines
on our rocks,
hurl your green over us,
cover us with your pools of fir.



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