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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EBB, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I know what my heart is like
Last Line: Drying inward from the edge.
Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
First Line: I know what my heart is like
Last Line: Drying inward from the edge.
Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
I KNOW what my heart is like
Since your love died:
It is like a hollow ledge
Holding a little pool
Left there by the tide,
A little tepid pool,
Drying inward from the edge.
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