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MYRTILLA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

Poet Analysis

First Line: THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE, NEITHER, MORE OR LESS
Last Line: THE LATTER WITH ITS GRACE.
Subject(s): FACES; BEAUTY; UGLINESS;
THIS is the difference, neither more nor less,
Between Medusa's and Myrtilla's face:
The former slays us with its awfulness,
The latter with its grace.



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