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A group of “Slim shadows” in this poem who “trod a saraband” also appear as “damned grotesques [making] arabesques, / Like wind upon the sand” when seen with their “mop and mow.” The question “How else but through a broken heart / May Lord Christ enter in?” appears in this poem, which begins: “He did not wear his scarlet coat, / For blood and wine are red.” The pseudonym C.3.3. was used to publish this six-part poem in sestets, which describes the hanging of a figure who “walked amongst the Trial Men / in a suit of shabby gray.” The (10[1])claims that “the coward does it with a kiss” (10[1])and (10[1])“the brave man with a sword” appear in this poem after the refrain “each man kills the thing he loves.” For 10 points, name this poem written by Oscar Wilde after his release from the title prison. ■END■

ANSWER: “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” (“RED-ing jail”)
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