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JOY by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I AM WILD, I WILL SING TO THE TREES
Last Line: NOW AT LAST I CAN LIVE!
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; JOY; DELIGHT;

I am wild, I will sing to the trees,
I will sing to the stars in the sky,
I love, I am loved, he is mine,
Now at last I can die!

I am sandaled with wind and with flame,
I have heart-fire and singing to give,
I can tread on the grass or the stars,
Now at last I can live!






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