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NOT I by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SOME LIKE DRINK
Last Line: NOT I.
Subject(s): TASTE (SENSE);

Some like drink
In a pint pot,
Some like to think;
Some not.
Strong Dutch cheese,
Old Kentucky Rye,
Some like these;
Not I.
Some like Poe,
And others like Scott,
Some like Mrs. Stowe;
Some not.
Some like to laugh,
Some like to cry,
Some like chaff;
Not I.




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