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AN OFFICERS' PRISON CAMP SEEN FROM A TROOP-TRAIN by RANDALL JARRELL

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: IT IS SOME SCHOOL, BRICK, GREEN, A SLEEPY HILL
Last Line: From your thinned body pinned against the light
Subject(s): PRISONS & PRISONERS; WORLD WAR II; CONVICTS; SECOND WORLD WAR;
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