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FRAGMENT (PROBABLY WRITTEN DURING ILLNESS) by THOMAS HOOD

Poet Analysis

First Line: I'M SICK OF GRUEL, AND THE DIETETICS
Last Line: IN SHORT, WITHIN A WORD, I'M SICK OF SICKNESS.
Subject(s): SICKNESS; ILLNESS;
I'M sick of gruel, and the dietetics,
I'm sick of pills, and sicker of emetics,
I'm sick of pulses' tardiness or quickness,
I'm sick of blood, its thinness or its thickness,
In short, within a word, I'm sick of sickness.



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