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I GIVE YOU BACK by JOY HARJO

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: I RELEASE YOU, MY BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE
Last Line: I am alive and you are so afraid of dying
Subject(s): ETHNIC GROUPS - UNITED STATES; LOSS; MINORITIES - UNITED STATES; PEACE; UNITED STATES - RACE RELATIONS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/eng190/files/2012/11/Joy-Harjo.fearpoem.pdf


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