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before I drive to Ann Arbor to get my daughter for the weekend J
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CXLIII
Lo, as a careful housewife runs to catch
One of her feather'd creatures broke away,
Sets down her babe, and makes all swift
dispatch
In pursuit of the thing she would have stay;
Whilst her neglected child holds her in
chase,
Cries to catch her whose busy care is bent
To follow that which flies before her face,
Not prizing her poor infant's discontent;
So runn'st thou after that which flies from
thee,
Whilst I thy babe chase thee afar behind;
But if thou catch thy hope, turn back to me,
And play the mother's part, kiss me, be kind;
So will I pray that thou mayst have thy
'Will,'
If thou turn back and my loud crying still.
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Great detailed
extended simile, but I don’t completely understand why it isn’t as pleasing as most
of his other similes. The turns would
be: whilst
at the beginning of the second quatrain, not
at the beginning of line 8, so in the
Petrarchan position (moving to complete the simile) and whilst at the beginning of line 10, but at the beginning of the following line (this one would be the
main volta), so in the Shakespearean
position, and if at the beginning of
the final line. More tomorrow.
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