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HER EYES TWIN POOLS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: HER EYES, TWIN POOLS OF MYSTIC LIGHT
Last Line: A MAN MIGHT PLUNGE, AND LOSE HIS SOUL.
Subject(s): DEATH; GRIEF; MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; RELATIONSHIPS; DEAD, THE; SORROW; SADNESS; MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS;
Her eyes, twin pools of mystic light,
The blend of star-sheen and black night;
O'er which, to sound their glamouring haze,
A man might bend, and vainly gaze.

Her eyes, twin pools so dark and deep,
In which life's ancient mysteries sleep;
Wherein, to seek the quested goal,
A man might plunge, and lose his soul.



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