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What was the poet's purpose in writing the poem “Escape?” Please make sure you use proper grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and textual evidence in your thoughtful answer.

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According to a different source, this question refers to the poem "Escape" by Elinor Wylie.

The main purpose of this poem is to reflect on the beauty of the world, and the importance that this has on human life. The author tells us that when all the beautiful things of the world are gone (the "golden grapes" or the "white antelope") she will escape. This conveys her need to be around beautiful things, and to leave behind a mundane life.

She also tells us that she will escape by making herself so small, no one will be able to find her. The rest of the world will have "blind moons" as eyes. This shows that the world will not be able to chase her because people will be too preoccupied with normal society to notice the things she notices.

Finally, the author tells us that she will then live "In hollows under the mangrove root, Or where, in apple-scented rain, The silver wasp-nests hang like fruit." This shows how the author will eventually be able to live among beauty again, away from the society that destroyed it in the first place.

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