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I MAY, I MIGHT, I MUST by MARIANNE MOORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF YOU WILL TELL ME WHY THE FEN
Last Line: CAN GET ACROSS IT, IF I TRY.

If you will tell me why the fen
Appears impassable, I then
Will tell you why I think that I
Can get across it, if I try.



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