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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: AMOS SIBLEY, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not character, not fortitude, not patience Last Line: If I make money thus, I will divorce her. Subject(s): Divorce | |||
NOT character, not fortitude, not patience Were mine, the which the village thought I had In bearing with my wife, while preaching on, Doing the work God chose for me. I loathed her as a termagant, as a wanton. I knew of her adulteries, every one. But even so, if I divorced the woman I must forsake the ministry. Therefore to do God's work and have it crop, I bore with her! So lied I to myself! So lied I to Spoon River! Yet I tried lecturing, ran for the legislature, Canvassed for books, with just the thought in mind: If I make money thus, I will divorce her. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN PRAISE OF THEIR DIVORCE by TONY HOAGLAND TRIANGULATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL WAITING FOR THIS STORY TO END BEFORE I BEGIN ANOTHER by JAN HELLER LEVI MOVING AGAIN by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALEXANDER THROCKMORTON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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