It is the close reading of the book “LYSISTRATA”
The close reading that you need to analyze is
“First, give the fleece a bath to dunk
Away the sheep dung. Spread your city on a bed
Next, and beat out all the layabouts and briars.
Then card out any clumps— you know, the cliques of chumps, magistracy-mongers. Pluck their little heads off.
Comb what’s left into a single goodwill basket.
Wad in your resident aliens and other
nice foreigners, and don’t leave out public debtors.
And heck, as for the city’s scattered colonies,
I want you to construe them as neglected tufts,
Each on its lonesome. Gather them all together,
Bunch them up tight, and finally you’ll have one
Big ball. Use it to weave the city something fine.”
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