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The River

Figaro [Clapp, Henry Jr.]. "The River." New York Saturday Press. 26 Aug. 1865: 60.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
poetry
Abstract: 

A poem about the sensual movements of a river: it merges with other rivers and whispers to plants along the bank. The river becomes a metaphor for humans who live as freely as the river flows, but the speaker points out that there are others who live a more conservative life.

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Clapp, Henry author