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Subject: REJECTION
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` JILTED, by SYLVIA PLATH    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My thoughts are crabbed and sallow
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs.
Subject(s): Rejection


NO, THANK YOU, JOHN', by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I never said I loved you, john
Last Line: No, thank you, john
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Courtship; Rejection


ROSE DARNLEY, by GEORGE SANTAYANA    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: She stood above the flooded stream
Last Line: She folds her hands, and he departs.
Subject(s): Rejection; Reunions


SANCTUARY, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Neighbour! For pity a hound cries on your steps
Last Line: "off from my door! I have no place for you."
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Rejection


TO A JILTED LOVER, by SYLVIA PLATH    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Cold on my narrow
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs.
Subject(s): Rejection