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COLLEGE SPECIAL by MURIEL RUKEYSER

Poet Analysis

First Line: PLUSH LINES THE METAL TRAIN, MAKING THE STEEL
Last Line: The locomotive feels the sharp rebuke of steel on steel
Subject(s): RAILROAD STATIONS; NEW YORK CITY; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK, NEW YORK; THE BIG APPLE;

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