Curious Circumstance
Read 'Curious Circumstance' by 'Elinor Wylie' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.
The sailorman's child
And the girl of the witch--
They can't be defiled
By touching pitch.
The sailorman's son
Had a ship for a nursery;
The other one
Was baptised by sorcery.
Although he's shipped
To the Persian Gulf, her
Body's been dipped
In burning sulphur.
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