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Always learn poems by heart. They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like fluoride in the water, they'll make your soul impervious to the world's soft decay. Ingrid, White Oleander
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Memorised poems are imagined as an inner source of strength against gradual spiritual wear. Marrow and fluoride are comparisons for absorbing poetry, rather than literal changes to bones or a health guarantee. The final Ingrid and White Oleander line is a retained character and book note.
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