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STRAUS PARK by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BABYLONIAN JEWS
Last Line: Do not cry out again in clumsiness and shame
Subject(s): NOSTALGIA;

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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Early_Collected_Poems_1965_1992/vMYZPz8BByAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=gerald+stern+%22If+you+know+about+the+babylonian+jews%22&pg=PA69&printsec=frontcover



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