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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANNA IMROTH, by CARL SANDBURG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cross the hands over the breast here - so Last Line: It is the hand of god and the lack of fire escapes. Subject(s): Child Labor; Fire | |||
Cross the hands over the breast here -- so. Straighten the legs a little more -- so. And call for the wagon to come and take her home. Her mother will cry some and so will her sisters and brothers. But all of the others got down and they are safe and this is the only one of the factory girls who wasn't lucky in making the jump when the fire broke. It is the hand of God and the lack of fire escapes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WRITTEN TO A YOUNG LADY by MAURICE BARING OUR DRIFTWOOD FIRE by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE NIGHT FIRE by CLAUDE MCKAY WATER, WINTER, FIRE by MARVIN BELL THE LITTLE FIRE IN THE WOODS by HAYDEN CARRUTH SAMSON PREDICTS FROM GAZA THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE by LUCILLE CLIFTON |
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