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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLACKLISTED, by CARL SANDBURG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Why shall I keep the old name?
Last Line: Name to go by?
Subject(s): Blacklists; Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers
First Line: Why shall I keep the old name?
Last Line: Name to go by?
Subject(s): Blacklists; Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers
Why shall I keep the old name?
What is a name anywhere anyway?
A name is a cheap thing all fathers and mothers leave each child:
A job is a job and I want to live, so
Why does God Almighty or anybody else care whether I take a new
name to go by?
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