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EPIGRAM: HERO AND LEANDER by JOHN DONNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BOTH ROB'D OF AIRE, WE BOTH LYE IN ONE GROUND
Last Line: BOTH WHOM ONE FIRE HAD BURNT, ONE WATER DROWND.
Subject(s): HERO & LEANDER; LEANDER;

Both rob'd of aire, we both lye in one ground,
Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drownd.



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