"Like an oyster / That cloisters a spoil of pearls, / Untouched— // The heart that’s had / Enough / Stays shut."
— Essbaum, Jill Alexander
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Work Title
Date
December 2009
Metaphor
"Like an oyster / That cloisters a spoil of pearls, / Untouched— // The heart that’s had / Enough / Stays shut."
Metaphor in Context
Like an oyster
That cloisters a spoil of pearls,
Untouched—
The heart that’s had
Enough
Stays shut.
(ll. 7-12)
That cloisters a spoil of pearls,
Untouched—
The heart that’s had
Enough
Stays shut.
(ll. 7-12)
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Reading
Citation
Essbaum, Jill Alexander. "Poem." Poetry Magazine. December, 2009. <Link to the Poetry Foundation>
Date of Entry
12/03/2009
