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PEAR TREE by HILDA DOOLITTLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: SILVER DUST
Last Line: IN THEIR PURPLE HEARTS.
Subject(s): BIBLE; PEAR TREES; TREES; PEARS;
SILVER dust
lifted from the earth,
higher than my arms reach,
you have mounted,
O silver,
higher than my arms reach
you front us with great mass;
no flower ever opened
so staunch a white leaf,
no flower ever parted silver
from such rare silver;
O white pear,
your flower-tufts
thick on the branch
bring summer and ripe fruits
in their purple hearts.



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