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KNOWLEDGE by HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Poet Analysis

First Line: MEN SAY THEY KNOW MANY THINGS
Last Line: IS ALL THAT ANYBODY KNOWS.
Subject(s): LIFE CHANGE EVENTS;

Men say they know many things
But lo! they have taken wings,
The arts & sciences.
And a thousand appliances --
The wind that blows
Is all that anybody knows.



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