Living
Riddle 69
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
If my last could be placed upon my first,
The world would be the better;
My whole must be carefully rehearsed
If you ’d write a perfect letter.
My last has been laid upon my last;
Bad men in my first are living;
My whole ’s a doctor who may be classed
Among the pleasure-giving.
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Codex Note
Answer: SYNTAX
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MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 69.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/186/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 69.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/186/.
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