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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAPTIVES, by ERNEST HEMINGWAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Some came in chains
Last Line: Making death easy
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
First Line: Some came in chains
Last Line: Making death easy
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
Some came in chains
Unrepentant but tired.
Too tired but to stumble.
Thinking and hating were finished
Thinking and fighting were finished.
Cures thus a long campaign,
Making death easy.
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