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DISILLUSION by AMY LOWELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: A SCHOLAR / WEARY OF ERECTING THE FRAGILE TOWERS OF WORDS
Last Line: Hurled himself into its crater / and perished
Subject(s): LANGUAGE; SUICIDE; WORDS; VOCABULARY;
A SCHOLAR,
Weary of erecting the fragile towers of words,
Went on a pilgrimage to Asama-Yama;
And seeing the force of the fire
Spouting from this mighty mountain,
Hurled himself into its crater
And perished.



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