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DAPHNE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHY DO YOU FOLLOW ME?
Last Line: I AM OFF; -- TO HEEL, APOLLO!
Subject(s): DAPHNE (MYTHOLOGY);
Why do you follow me? --
Any moment I can be
Nothing but a laurel-tree.

Any moment of the chase
I can leave you in my place
A pink bough for your embrace.

Yet if over the hill and hollow
Still it is your will to follow,
I am off; -- to heel, Apollo!



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