Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 19 AIL 1811 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"But I, Being Poor, Have Only My Dreams"
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The idea
The poem turns on but: being poor, he has only his dreams, which he has spread under her feet, and he asks her to tread softly because she treads on them. Eight lines, one conditional, one turn, one request.
In practice
Eight lines, and one turn.
Where people slip
The turn is on the word but.
Your place on the trail
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