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BALLADE OF THE SECOND-BEST BED by KARL SHAPIRO

Poet Analysis

First Line: IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD, AMEN
Last Line: A table, a chair, and the second-best bed
Subject(s): WILLS; BEDS; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616);

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