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LEAVING EARLY by SYLVIA PLATH

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: LADY, YOUR ROOM IS LOUSY WITH FLOWERS.
Last Line: With a lung full of dust and a tongue of wood, / knee-deep in the cold and swamped by flowers?
Subject(s): FLOWERS;

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