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Before
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Before
I wish Katahdin were a man, and would marry me!
Something so great and unattainable
being lonely, she said, “I would that I had a husband!
And why is marriage the answer to loneliness? I would argue in many texts, loneliness IN marriage is the main theme. But, also, different cultures… So I’m not the expert there.
Of the old time.
Kind of abrupt, distinct separation of the “old time” from current.
gathering blueberries on Mount Katahdin.
Very “Maine” coded in references of the land, blueberries (top producer of wild low bush blueberries in U.S.) and Mount Katahdin (end of the Appalachian Trail northbound)
Mount Katahdin
Maine!
R
Capitalization here and with “Girl,’ suggests they are important and for Rain, potentially a “holy” sense?
all the Indians
Super broad term… Putting “all the Indians” into one box.