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IN DISTRUST OF MERITS by MARIANNE MOORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: STRENGTHENED TO LIVE, STRENGTHENED TO DIE FOR
Last Line: Beauty is everlasting / and dust is for a time
Subject(s): ANTIWAR MOVEMENTS; WORLD WAR II; ANTI-WAR PROTESTS; SECOND WORLD WAR;

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