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them blinder motions bounded in a shallower brain:
: Woman is the lesser man, and all thy passions, match'd with mine,
: Are as moonlight unto sunlight, and as water unto wine (lines 149-152)

This is contrasted however with Tennyson's known feminist views, making a lot of his similar works a satire on men of the views he wrote about.

The narrator is also remarkably emotionally volatile through the poem. A good example occurs when he reminisces about his love for his cousin Amy; while recalling the wonderful experiences

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