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LET IT BE FORGOTTEN by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: LET IT BE FORGOTTEN, AS A FLOWER IS FORGOTTEN
Last Line: In a long-forgotten snow
Subject(s): TRANSIENCE; IMPERMANENCE;
Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold.
Let it be forgotten forever and ever,
Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.

If anyone asks, say it was forgotten
Long and long ago,
As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed footfall
In a long-forgotten snow.



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