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THE BARBER'S by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: GOLD LOCKS, AND BLACK LOCKS
Last Line: IN THE BRIGHT, BLUE DAY.
Subject(s): BARBERS;
Gold locks, and black locks,
Red locks, and brown,
Topknot to love-curl
The hair wisps down;
Straight above the clear eyes,
Rounded round the ears,
Snip-snap and snick-a-snack,
Clash the Barber's shears;
Us, in the looking-glass,
Footsteps in the street,
Over, under, to and fro,
The lean blades meet;
Bay Rum or Bear's Grease,
A silver groat to pay --
Then out a-shin-shan-shining
In the bright, blue day.



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