How Betsey and I Made Up
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Betsey and her husband have a disagreement. Betsey is angry with her husband for not helping her with the chores, and she tells him to leave. Her husband leaves, and Betsey is left alone to do all the work. She realizes that she misses her husband, and she goes to find him. They make up, and Betsey forgives her husband. The poem ends with the couple happily reunited.Book Details
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Will Carleton
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William McKendree Carleton (October 21, 1845 – December 18, 1912) was an American poet from Michigan. Carleton's poems were most often about his rural life, and he is best known for his poems about ch...
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