The Fairy Reel Summary

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The Fairy Reel Overview

“The Fairy Reel” is a lyric poem by English-American author and poet Neil Gaiman. It first appeared in the poetry and prose anthology The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm in 2004. The poem explores the emotional fallout of a character who leaves half of themself behind in fairyland and goes on to live a life of disconnection and diaspora. 

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