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HSUEH T'AO (768-831): SPRING-GAZING SONG by CAROLYN KIZER

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: BLOSSOMS CROWD THE BRANCHES, TOO BEAUTIFUL TO ENDURE
Last Line: ONE MORNING SOON, MY TEARS WILL MIST THE MIRROR. %I SEE THE FUTURE, AND I WILL NOT SEE
Subject(s): WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

Poem Sources:

MERMAIDS IN THE BASEMENT; POEMS FOR WOMEN.
  KIZER, CAROLYN
  (1984)
 



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