Annie DillardCould two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is as everywhere present to the other, and as received and as unchallenged, as falling snow?
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This poem, "Could Two Live That Way?," by William Butler Yeats, is about the relationship between two people who are lovers. The poem describes how they can never be together because their thoughts are so different. They cannot live in the same way because of this difference.
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