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Seamus Heaney: "The Skunk" Flashcards

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___, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble

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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble

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Up, ___, striped and damasked like the chasuble

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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble

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Up, black, ___ and damasked like the chasuble

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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble

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Up, black, striped and ___ like the chasuble

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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble

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Up, black, striped and damasked ____

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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble

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___, ___, ___ and ___ like the chasuble

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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble

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__ a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk

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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk

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____, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk

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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk

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At a funeral mass, ____ paraded the skunk

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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk

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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail ___ the skunk

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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk

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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded ____

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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk

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____ after night I expected her like a visitor

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Night after night I expected her like a visitor

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Night after ___ I expected her like a visitor

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Night after night I expected her like a visitor

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____ I expected her like a visitor

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Night after night I expected her like a visitor

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Night after night ____ like a visitor

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Night after night I expected her like a visitor

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Night after night I expected her ___

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Night after night I expected her like a visitor

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Quote the first stanza of the poem

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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail
Paraded the skunk. Night after night
I expected her like a visitor

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The ___ whinnied into silence

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The refrigerator whinnied into silence

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The refrigerator ____ into silence

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The refrigerator whinnied into silence

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The refrigerator whinnied ___

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The refrigerator whinnied into silence

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___ whinnied into silence

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The refrigerator whinnied into silence

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The refrigerator ___

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The refrigerator whinnied into silence

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My ___ softened beyond the verandah

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My desk light softened beyond the verandah

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My desk light ___ beyond the verandah

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My desk light softened beyond the verandah

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____ beyond the verandah

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My desk light softened beyond the verandah

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My desk light softened beyond the ____

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My desk light softened beyond the verandah

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My desk light softened ____

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My desk light softened beyond the verandah

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___ loomed in the orange tree

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Small oranges loomed in the orange tree

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Small oranges ___ in the orange tree

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Small oranges loomed in the orange tree

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Small oranges loomed ____

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Small oranges loomed in the orange tree

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____ be tense as a voyeur

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I began to be tense as a voyeur

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I began to ___ as a voyeur

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I began to be tense as a voyeur

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I began to be tense ___

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I began to be tense as a voyeur

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I began to ____

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I began to be tense as a voyeur

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Quote the second stanza of the poem

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The refrigerator whinnied into silence
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
I began to be tense as a voyeur

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___ eleven years I was composing

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After eleven years I was composing

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After ___ I was composing

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After eleven years I was composing

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____ I was composing

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After eleven years I was composing

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After eleven years I was ___

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After eleven years I was composing

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After eleven years ___

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After eleven years I was composing

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___ again, broaching the word ‘wife’

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Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’

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Love-letters ___, broaching the word ‘wife’

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Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’

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Love-letters again, ___ the word ‘wife’

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Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’

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Love-letters again, ____ ‘wife’

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Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’

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Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘___’

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Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’

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___ stored cask, as if its slender vowel

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Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel

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Like a ___, as if its slender vowel

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Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel

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Like a stored cask, ___ slender vowel

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Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel

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Like a stored cask, as if its ____

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Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel

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Had mutated into the night earth and air

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Had mutated into the night earth and air

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___ into the night earth and air … Of California

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Had mutated into the night earth and air … Of California

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Had mutated ___ night earth and air … Of California

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Had mutated into the night earth and air … Of California

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Had mutated into the ___ … Of California

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Had mutated into the night earth and air … Of California

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Had mutated into the night earth and air … ___

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Had mutated into the night earth and air … Of California

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Quote the third stanza of the poem

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After eleven years I was composing
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Had mutated into the night earth and air

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Quote the first three stanzas of the poem

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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail
Paraded the skunk. Night after night
I expected her like a visitor

The refrigerator whinnied into silence
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
I began to be tense as a voyeur

After eleven years I was composing
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Had mutated into the night earth and air

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___ useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.

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The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.

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The beautiful, ____ of eucalyptus spelt your absence.

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The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.

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The beautiful, useless tang ___ spelt your absence.

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The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.

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The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus ____.

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The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.

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____ a mouthful of wine

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The aftermath of a mouthful of wine

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The aftermath of ____

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The aftermath of a mouthful of wine

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___ inhaling you off a cold pillow

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Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow

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Was like ___ off a cold pillow

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Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow

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Was like inhaling you ___

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Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow

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Quote the fourth stanza

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Of California. The beautiful, useless
Tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow

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___ there she was, the intent and glamorous

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And there she was, the intent and glamorous

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And ___, the intent and glamorous

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And there she was, the intent and glamorous

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____, the intent and glamorous

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And there she was, the intent and glamorous

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And there she was, the ___and glamorous

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And there she was, the intent and glamorous

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And there she was, the intent and ___

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And there she was, the intent and glamorous

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And there she was, ____

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And there she was, the intent and glamorous

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___, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized

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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized

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Ordinary, ___, mythologized, demythologized

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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized

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____, mythologized, demythologized

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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized

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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, ___, demythologized

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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized

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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, ____

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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized

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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, ____

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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized

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____ the boards five feet beyond me

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Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me

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Snuffling ___ five feet beyond me

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Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me

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___ five feet beyond me

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Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me

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Snuffling the boards___ beyond me

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Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me

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Snuffling the boards five feet ___

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Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me

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Snuffling the boards ___

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Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me

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Quote the fifth stanza of the poem

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And there she was, the intent and glamorous
Ordinary, mysterious skunk,
Mythologized, demythologized
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me

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____ last night,

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It all came back to me last night,

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It all came back to me ___,

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It all came back to me last night,

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____ by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,

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Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,

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Stirred by the ___ of your things at bedtime,

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Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,

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____ of your things at bedtime,

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Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,

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Stirred by the sootfall ___ at bedtime,

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Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,

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Stirred by the sootfall of your things ___,

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Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,

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Stirred by the sootfall ____,

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Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,

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___, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer

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Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer

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Your head-down, ___ in a bottom drawer

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Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer

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Your head-down, tail-up hunt ___

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Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer

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___ black plunge-line nightdress

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For the black plunge-line nightdress

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For the ___ plunge-line nightdress

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For the black plunge-line nightdress

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For the black ___ nightdress

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For the black plunge-line nightdress

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For the black plunge-line ___

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For the black plunge-line nightdress

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For the____

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For the black plunge-line nightdress

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Quote the sixth stanza of the poem

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It all came back to me last night, stirred
By the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
For the black plunge-line nightdress

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Quote the last three stanzas of the poem

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Of California. The beautiful, useless
Tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow

And there she was, the intent and glamorous
Ordinary, mysterious skunk,
Mythologized, demythologized
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me

It all came back to me last night, stirred
By the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
For the black plunge-line nightdress

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Quote the poem

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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail
Paraded the skunk. Night after night
I expected her like a visitor

The refrigerator whinnied into silence
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
I began to be tense as a voyeur

After eleven years I was composing
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Had mutated into the night earth and air

Of California. The beautiful, useless
Tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow

And there she was, the intent and glamorous
Ordinary, mysterious skunk,
Mythologized, demythologized
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me

It all came back to me last night, stirred
By the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
For the black plunge-line nightdress

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