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Perhaps a Woman
Perhaps a woman, but never a man,
I cannot be reached by land,
Many cousins, some Greek to me,
To break this riddle, I am the key.
What am I?
I cannot be reached by land,
Many cousins, some Greek to me,
To break this riddle, I am the key.
What am I?
Answer
An island.The first line refers to John Donne's famous line "no man is an island...".
Greece has many islands, and "key" (also spelled "cay") is another word for island.
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