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THIS IS TBE WAY TOADS TALK by MARIANNE MOORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SPOT UPON MY BACK THAT NONE WOULD SEE THERE
Last Line: Lies despised
Subject(s): TOADS;

The spot upon my back that none would see there
Needs must be there-
Undisguised:
Immaculate, the heart that God has newly
Claimed, as truly
Lies despised.



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