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UPON SCOBBLE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: SCOBBLE FOR WHOREDOM WHIPS HIS WIFE, AND CRIES
Last Line: ONE SLIT'S ENOUGH TO LET ADULTERY IN.'
Subject(s): HATE; UNFAITHFULNESS; INFIDELITY; ADULTERY; INCONSTANCY;

Scobble for whoredom whips his wife, and cries
He'll slit her nose; but, blubb'ring she replies,
"Good sir, make no more cuts i' th' outward skin:
One slit's enough to let adultery in.'




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