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ON ONE WHO AFFECTED AN EFFEMINATE MANNER by ALFRED TENNYSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHILE MAN AND WOMAN STILL ARE INCOMPLETE
Last Line: BUT, FRIEND, MAN - WOMAN IS NOT WOMAN-MAN.
Subject(s): SEX ROLE;

WHILE man and woman still are incomplete,
I prize that soul where man and woman meet,
Which types all Nature's male and female plan,
But, friend, man - woman is not woman-man.





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