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What are your thoughts on Isola? It was the name of Oscar Wilde's sister, who passed away at the age of 10, and who he addressed one of his poems, Requiescat, to:

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Tread lightly, she is near
Under the snow,
Speak gently, she can hear
The daisies grow.

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All her bright golden hair
Tarnished with rust,
She that was young and fair
Fallen to dust.

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Lily-like, white as snow,
She hardly knew
She was a woman, so
Sweetly she grew.

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Coffin-board, heavy stone,
Lie on her breast,
I vex my heart alone
She is at rest.

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Peace, Peace, she cannot hear
Lyre or sonnet,
All my life’s buried here,
Heap earth upon it.

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Regardless of whether you like the name, how would you pronounce it?

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masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080