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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DIOGENES, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Day's calumnies, / midnight's translucencies Last Line: Be thanked for it? Subject(s): Diogenes | |||
Day's calumnies, Midnight's translucencies, Pride's open book Of closed humilities— With its inflated look; Shall contrarieties As feasible as these Confound my wit? Is Persian cloth One thread with Persian sloth? Is gold dust bran? Though spotted Ashtaroth Is not a Puritan, Must every gorgeous moth Be calico, and Thoth Be thanked for it? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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