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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.

3 key quotes from The Farmer's Bride, by Mew. Learn this one first: “We chased her, flying like a hare” (Mew, The Farmer's Bride).

This poem in five words

Farmer'syoungbridefearshim

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The quotes

3 big quotes in this poem.

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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