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TO A RED-HEADED DO-GOOD WAITRESS by ALAN DUGAN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: EVERY MORNING I WENT TO HER CHARITY AND LEARNED
Last Line: A POLICEMAN AND A WRONG SONNET IN FIFTEEN LINES
Subject(s): RESTAURANTS; SONNETS (AS LITERARY FORM); CAFES; DINERS;

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