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TO A FRIEND WHOSE WORK HAS COME TO TRIUMPH by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: CONSIDER ICARUS, PASTING THOSE STICKING WINGS ON
Last Line: while his sensible daddy goes straight into town
Subject(s): ICARUS; MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL; SNODGRASS, WILLIAM DEWITT (1926-2009); WOMEN'S RIGHTS; MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS; FEMINISM;
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