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THE WAY THE BABY WOKE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: AND THIS IS THE WAY THE BABY WOKE
Last Line: AND THIS IS THE WAY THE BABY WOKE.
Subject(s): BABIES; INFANTS;
AND this is the way the baby woke:
As when in deepest drops of dew
The shine and shadows sink and soak,
The sweet eyes glimmered through and through;
And eddyings and dimples broke
About the lips, and no one knew
Or could divine the words they spoke, --
And this is the way the baby woke.



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