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PARALYTIC by SYLVIA PLATH

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First Line: IT HAPPENS. WILL IT GO ON?
Last Line: Drunk on its own scents, / asks nothing of life
Subject(s): ALIENATION (SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY); PAIN; ESTRANGEMENT; OUTCASTS; SUFFERING; MISERY;
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http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/sylviaplath/1418


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