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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AS THE STARVED MAELSTROM LAPS THE NAVIES, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And a torrid eye Variant Title(s): Poem: 872; Poem: 106 | |||
As the Starved Maelstrom laps the Navies As the Vulture teased Forces the Broods in lonely Valleys As the Tiger eased By but a Crumb of Blood, fasts Scarlet Till he meet a Man Dainty adorned with Veins and Tissues And partakes - his Tongue Cooled by the Morsel for a moment Grows a fiercer thing Till he esteem his Dates and Cocoa A Nutrition mean I, of a finer Famine Deem my Supper dry For but a Berry of Domingo And a Torrid Eye - | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COUNTRY BURIAL by EMILY DICKINSON A SMILE AS SMALL AS MINE by EMILY DICKINSON |
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