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IN A RAILROAD STATION by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WE STOOD IN THE SHRILL ELECTRIC LIGHT
Last Line: MY TEARS WERE HIDDEN IN MY HEART.
Subject(s): ABSENCE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;

WE stood in the shrill electric light,
Dumb and sick in the whirling din
We who had all of love to say
And a single second to say it in.

"Good-by!" "Good-by!"--you turned to go,
I felt the train's slow heavy start,
You thought to see me cry, but oh
My tears were hidden in my heart.






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