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...all the daffodils Are blowing, and the bright blue squills. I walk down the patterned garden-paths In my stiff, brocaded gown. With my powdered hair...garden paths. My dress is richly figured, And the tram Makes a pink and silver stain On the gravel, and the thrift Of the borders. Just a plate of current...

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...squills. I walk down the garden paths In my stiff brocaded gown. With my powdered hair and jeweled fan I, too, am a rare pattern. As I wander down The garden paths. My dress is richly figured And my train Makes a pink and silver stain On the gravel and the thrift Of the borders. Just a plate of...

...all the daffodils Are blowing, and the bright blue squills. I walk down the patterned garden-paths In my stiff, brocaded gown. With my powdered hair...is richly figured, And the train Makes a pink and sliver stain On the gravel, and the thrift Of the borders. Just a plate of current fashion, Tripping...

...all the daffodils Are blowing, and the bright blue squills. I walk down the patterned garden-paths In my stiff, brocaded gown. With my powdered hair...garden paths. My dress is richly figured, And the train 1 Reprinted, by permission of the publishers, from Men, Women and Ghosts, by Amy Lowell. Copyright,...

...all the daffodils Are blowing, and the bright blue squills. I walk down the patterned garden-paths In my stiff, brocaded gown. With my powdered hair...a rare Pattern. As I wander down The garden paths. Much of this technique argues an unfamiliarity with elementary rules of sentence construction. She...

...all the daffodils Are blowing, and the bright blue squills. I walk down the patterned garden-paths In my stiff brocaded gown. With my powdered hair and...a rare Pattern. As I wander down The garden paths. Here we must pause. The break introduced by "As" is not only ungrammatical, but it is unmusical, adds...