(18 November 1939 / Ottawa, Ontario)

poet Margaret Atwood
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A Sad Child

You're sad because you're sad.
It's psychic. It's the age. It's chemical.
Go see a shrink or take a pill,
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  • Jeffrey Philip Clegg (6/29/2005 4:54:00 PM)

    I believe in 'getting over yourself' but this seems a little cold to me.

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  • angela mattew (2/10/2005 8:32:00 PM)

    i am doing a research on maragret atwood and i would like to konw the year she wrote the A sad child' and if someone can analyze the poem for as early as possible please. what the theme, rythem, methphor please

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