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The Butterfly and the Poet

Arnold, George. "The Butterfly and the Poet." New-York Saturday Press. 11 Dec. 1860: 1.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
poetry
Abstract: 

The speaker uses the butterfly as a metaphor for the poet, equating a butterfly's desire for attractive, sweet-tasting flowers to a poet's lust for beautiful, good-natured women.

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