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Subject: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER (1799-1837)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A GIRL IN A LIBRARY, by RANDALL JARRELL    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: An object among dreams, you sit here with your shoes off
Subject(s): Librarians & Libraries; Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837); Schools; Sleep; Library; Librarians; Students


FOR A RUSSIAN POET: 3. THE DEMONSTRATION, by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Natalya gorbanevskaya
Last Line: We'll meet each other later
Subject(s): Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837)


GIRL IN A LIBRARY, by RANDALL JARRELL    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: An object among dreams, you sit here with your shoes off
Last Line: The corn king beckoning to his spring queen
Subject(s): Librarians And Libraries; Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837); Schools; Sleep


I LOVED YOU ONCE BY PUSHKIN, by DAVID SHAPIRO    Poem Source                    
First Line: I wish I had a copy
Last Line: There could be such a thing - %I would leave you a copy
Subject(s): Books; Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837); Writing And Writers


NATALYA NIKOLAYEVNA GONCHAROV, by DON COLES    Poem Source                    
First Line: Another of the placid beauties
Last Line: When she opens them. Ah. The church. %bless it. Soon. Can she talk?
Subject(s): Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837)


ON TRANSLATING EUGENE ONEGIN, by VLADIMIR NABOKOV    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: What is translation? On a platter
Last Line: The shadow of your monument [or, dove-droppings on your monument]
Variant Title(s): The Eugene Onegin Stanza, Fr. The Translators' Prefac
Subject(s): Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837); Translating And Interpreting