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ANTI-FATHER by RITA DOVE

Poet Analysis

First Line: CONTRARY TO / TALES YOU TOLD US
Last Line: Me and you, / woman to man, / outer space is / inconceivably / intimate
Subject(s): HEALING; CURES;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Selected_Poems/uqg_DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dove+%22Contrary+to+/+tales+you+told+us%22&pg=PA112&printsec=frontcover


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