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BURNED by PHILIP LEVINE

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE TO GO BACK INTO THE FORGE ROOM
Last Line: Singing together tonight / in the rising voices of the unforgiven
Subject(s): LABOR & LABORERS; FACTORIES; JEWS; WORLD WAR II; FAREWELL; FATHERS; GRIEF; CONDUCT OF LIFE; WORK; WORKERS; JUDAISM; SECOND WORLD WAR; PARTING; SORROW; SADNESS;

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