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- # THE TUFT OF KELP
## Overview
"The Tuft of Kelp" is a poem that appears as a chapter within the larger collection "John Marr and Other Poems." It was extracted from the file `john_marr_and_other_poems.txt` and is part of the "Melville Complete Works" collection.
## Context
This poem is situated within the context of Herman Melville's poetic works, specifically as a component of "John Marr and Other Poems." The collection itself was derived from the text file `john_marr_and_other_poems.txt` and is housed within the comprehensive "Melville Complete Works" archive. "The Tuft of Kelp" follows the poem "Old Counsel" and precedes "The Maldive Shark."
## Contents
The poem "The Tuft of Kelp" consists of four lines, presented as a distinct chapter. The text reads:
"All dripping in tangles green,
Cast up by a lonely sea
If purer for that, O Weed,
Bitterer, too, are ye?"
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- THE TUFT OF KELP
All dripping in tangles green,
Cast up by a lonely sea
If purer for that, O Weed,
Bitterer, too, are ye?
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- THE TUFT OF KELP