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MARRIAGE SONG; WITH COMMENTARY by CAROLYN KIZER

Poet Analysis

First Line: WE BEGIN WITH THE OSPREY WHO CRIES, 'CLANG, CLANG!'
Last Line: "SNOW-BREASTED, AND TRANSFIXED IN ABSTRACT LOVE."
Subject(s): BIRDS; CHINA; MARRIAGE; POETRY & POETS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES; FEMINISM;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://books.google.com/books?id=tF6ivkbsbJwC&pg=PA315&lpg=PA315&dq=KIZER+%22WE+BEGIN+WITH+THE+OSPREY+WHO+CRIES,+%27CLANG,+CLANG!%27%22&source=bl&ots=jE4aPXG1ex&sig=jMxzQAjCSHw3npCFj3rBhf4kwk4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LiJzVbPTEoOMsAWjqILYCg&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=KIZER%20%22WE%20BEGIN%20WITH%20THE%20OSPREY%20WHO%20CRIES%2C%20'CLANG%2C%20CLANG!'%22&f=false


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