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CAIN by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE AFTERNOON WAS BEAUTIFUL
Last Line: ONLY TO RUB IT IN.
Subject(s): CAIN;
The afternoon was beautiful,
White clouds were on the hill,
Until I saw some little boys
Entering a mill.

And then, I saw but waiting shrouds
Where the white clouds had been;
I rubbed a blood stain off my hands,
Only to rub it in.


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