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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE AGE DEMANDED, by ERNEST HEMINGWAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The age demanded that we sing
Last Line: The sort of shit that it demanded
Subject(s): Social Commentary
First Line: The age demanded that we sing
Last Line: The sort of shit that it demanded
Subject(s): Social Commentary
The age demanded that we sing
and cut away our tongue.
The age demanded that we flow
and hammered in the bung.
The age demanded that we dance
and jammed us into iron pants.
And in the end the age was handed
the sort of shit it demande
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