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The Farmer's Bride
A farmer marries a young girl. She runs. They catch her. She fears him. He wants her.
This poem in five words
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The quotes
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Too young maybe—but more's to do At harvest-time than bide and woo
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The farmer married a girl too young and had no time to be kind. He says so himself.
We chased her, flying like a hare
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She ran away. They hunted her like an animal and locked her up.
The brown of her—her eyes, her hair, her hair!
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The last line. He wants her and cannot have her. The words break down.
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