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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FRAGMENT (PROBABLY WRITTEN DURING ILLNESS), by THOMAS HOOD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I'm sick of gruel, and the dietetics
Last Line: In short, within a word, I'm sick of sickness.
Subject(s): Sickness; Illness
First Line: I'm sick of gruel, and the dietetics
Last Line: In short, within a word, I'm sick of sickness.
Subject(s): Sickness; Illness
I'M sick of gruel, and the dietetics,
I'm sick of pills, and sicker of emetics,
I'm sick of pulses' tardiness or quickness,
I'm sick of blood, its thinness or its thickness,
In short, within a word, I'm sick of sickness.
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