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THE DESCENT OF ALETTE [PRESENTLY] by ALICE NOTLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: Presently we neared a pale beach, narrow with trees behind it"
Last Line: "I felt unburdened" "& even buoyant"
Subject(s): WOMEN;
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