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PLAYMATES by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THAT IS YOUR LITTLE PLAYMATE, JANE
Last Line: WOULD ANY CHILD NOT DIE!'
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; FLOWERS; GRIEF; DEATH - BABIES; SORROW; SADNESS;
That is your little playmate, Jane,
His coffin, with its flowers;
You will not play with him again,
For hours, my child – and hours!

With head bowed down to hide her grief,
She faltered, with a sigh:
'To have such lovely flowers as his –
Would any child not die!'



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