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OEDIPUS TYRANNUS by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: CATHARSIS BUILDS ACROSS THE DREADFUL AIR
Last Line: Is turned -- exclusive spotlight -- on the high tragedian
Subject(s): TEACHING & TEACHERS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Collected_Poems_of_John_Ciardi_p/qkcmAjKXJn0C?q=CATHARSIS&gbpv=1&bsq=oedipus#f=false


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