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Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
This apparently cheerful opening is overturned by the poem’s closing claim to be Marie of Roumania. The extravagant optimism is ironic: the poem questions rosy assurances about life and love.
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- Dorothy Parker: Enough Rope (1926)Comment, complete four-line poemReference checked
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