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FACTORY CHIMNEYS by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER

Poem Explanation

First Line: MOTIONLESS BLOOD-HUED STYLUSES THAT SCRAWL ON THE INFINITE
Last Line: IN HIEROGLYPHS ROLLING AND TUMBLING, RED, BLACK, PURPLE AND GOLD.
Subject(s): FACTORIES; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; LONDON; SMOKE;
MOTIONLESS blood-hued styluses that scrawl on the infinite
Shifting surface of sky for ever and ever unrolled,
Man's greatest achievement and failure, through infuriate
day and through night,
In hieroglyphs rolling and tumbling, red, black, purple and gold.



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