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Subject: MIDDLE CLASS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` LES BOURGEOIS, by GEORGE CABOT LODGE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Be silent! Let them laugh and lie
Last Line: Respectability, the mood of fear!
Subject(s): Bourgeoisie; Middle Class


THANKSGIVING, by KATHARINE TYNAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I thank god when I kneel to pray
Last Line: The safe, untroubled path I go.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Bourgeoisie; Comfort; God; Holidays; Pleasure; Prayer; Thanksgiving; Middle Class


THE DOME OF SUNDAY, by KARL SHAPIRO    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: With focus sharp as flemish-painted face
Subject(s): Bourgeoisie; War; Middle Class


THE UNKNOWN CITIZEN, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He was found by the bureau of statistics to be
Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H.
Subject(s): Bourgeoisie; Bureaucracy; Conformity; Modern Man; Social Protest; Statistics & Statisticians; Middle Class


TOADS, by PHILIP LARKIN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Why should I let the toad work
Subject(s): Toads; Bourgeoisie; Toads; Middle Class