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TROOP TRAIN by KARL SHAPIRO

Poet Analysis

First Line: IT STOPS THE TOWN WE COME THROUGH. WORKERS RAISE
Last Line: The place of life found after trains and death - / nightfall of nations brilliant after war
Subject(s): ARMY LIFE; WORLD WAR II; DRILLS & MINOR TACTICS; SECOND WORLD WAR;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171482


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