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DEAD LEAVES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE BREAKING DEAD LEAVES 'NEATH MY FEET
Last Line: TO BREAK OF DEAD LEAVES IN THE HEART?
Subject(s): DISAPPOINTMENT; LEAVES;

The breaking dead leaves 'neath my feet
A plaintive melody repeat,
Recalling shattered hopes that lie
As relics of a bygone sky.

Again I thread the mazy past,
Back where the mounds are scattered fast—
Oh! foolish tears, why do you start,
@3To break of dead leaves in the heart?@1



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