CANTO ONE: "slain/By"

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> "Feigned remoteness" suggests an 'agency" absent in the first example.....I

Well, sort of. Certainly "feigned" suggests a purposeful act. "Remoteness" can be read as either emotional or physical distance. It is the illusion of physical distance that brings the bird to grief, but the content of the reflection in the glass is the product of optical principles, not some choice.

D.C.