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THE SUROUNDED by MURIEL RUKEYSER

Poet Analysis

First Line: THEY ESCAPE BEFORE, BUT THEIR SHADOWS WALK BEHIND
Last Line: more plausible than love
Subject(s): SOCIAL COMMENTARIES;

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