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MONOSYLLABIC by CARL SANDBURG

Poet Analysis

First Line: LET ME BE MONOSYLLABIC TODAY, O LORD
Last Line: ENJOY SLOW-PACING CLOCKS.
Subject(s): LANGUAGE; WORDS; VOCABULARY;
LET me be monosyllabic to-day, O Lord.
Yesterday I loosed a snarl of words on a fool,
on a child.
To-day, let me be monosyllabic ... a crony of old men
who wash sunlight in their fingers and
enjoy slow-pacing clocks.




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