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William Butler Yeats' "The Magi"

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The repetition of the word “unsatisfied” forms a set of bookends in today’s poem. Inside those bookends: earth, sky, and the riches of this world. Beyond them: “The uncontrollable mystery.” Happy reading.



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William Butler Yeats' "The Magi"

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