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'Replacement In Robert Herrick's The Vine'
The world is full of natural elements, which can be defined as flowers, trees, and plants. Within the beauty of these elements can hide bigger meanings to the world than just a plant. A vine is a natural element that keeps growing. It surrounds things and can make them captive. This captivity creates a powerhouse for the ruler. In Robert Herrick’s The Vine, his dream explores the psychoanalytical terms of displacement, and power of a sex drive to gain the needs he has of woman in his life.
As humans, we all have needs in our lives. One of the main needs Herrick has in his life is his need for women. In the end, this need seems to cause some displacement in certain aspects of his life. The main aspect in which this displacement occurs is in

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