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Who is The Twelve Dancing Princesses from The Complete Poems and what is their importance? The_Complete_Poems English & Literature The Twelve Dancing Princesses | The Complete Poems

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The Twelve Dancing Princesses are known to mysteriously escape from their room every evening in order to go dancing in the enchanted forest. The Twelve Dancing Princesses represent Sexton's wild feminine ideal, creating their own happiness by subverting authority and acting on impulse.

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The Complete Poems