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The inward gates of a bird are always open. It does not know how to shut them. That is… — Hugh MacDiarmid

Poem

The inward gates of a bird are always open. It does not know how to shut them. That is the secret of its song, But whether any man's are ajar is doubtful.

Hugh MacDiarmid
1934
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Topic
Vulnerability
Statement type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Medium
Poem
Time
1934
Person
Hugh MacDiarmid
Provenance
Citation
MacDiarmid, Hugh. "On a Raised Beach." Stony Limits and Other Poems. Victor Gollancz, 1934.

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