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EDGES by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I'VE OFTEN WONDERED WHY SHE LAUGHED
Last Line: BEHOLDING WHAT WAS CAVERNOUS.
Subject(s): RELATIONSHIPS;
I've often wondered why she laughed
On thinking why I wondered so;
It seemed such waste that long white hands
Should touch my hands and let them go.

And once when we were parting there,
Unseen of anything but trees,
I touched her fingers, thoughtfully,
For more than simple niceties.

But for some futile things unsaid
I should say all is done for us;
Yet I have wondered how she smiled
Beholding what was cavernous.






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