Brown Penny by William Butler Yeats

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Poem: http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/william_butler_yeats/poems/10173

This poem talks about how love is like a game of chance, riding on the flip of a coin. Some people consider themselves very lucky when it comes to love, while others consider themselves very unlucky. Since flipping a coin is associated with luck, Yeats' analogy is spot on.