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Naomi Shihab Nye
True kindness is born out of adversity
Free verse
Three stanzas
'Before you' repeated at the start of each stanza
Like salt in a weakened broth
A desolate landscape requiring sacrifice to reach
Be selfless and release all desires
Unnatural death & society's indifference to suffering
Kindness and sorrow
Words Under Words: Selected Poems (1955)
Personal desire as root cause of suffering
Humanity collectively
Iambic metre with variations
Metaphor comparing kindness to concrete, tender things
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