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"A Flower Given To My Daughter", p. 11

Frail the white rose and frail are
Her hands that gave

— James Joyce

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Frail the white rose and frail are
Her hands that gave
" in the context of ""A Flower Given To My Daughter", p. 11" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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James Joyce

About James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the twentieth century.