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ON ONE WHO AFFECTED AN EFFEMINATE MANNER, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: While man and woman still are incomplete
Last Line: But, friend, man - woman is not woman-man.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Sex Role


WHILE man and woman still are incomplete,
I prize that soul where man and woman meet,
Which types all Nature's male and female plan,
But, friend, man - woman is not woman-man.







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