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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SECOND-HAND ELEGY; FOR DOUGLAS DICKEY, PFC., USMC, by MICHAEL ANANIA Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: How can I be bitter?'
Last Line: Exhaust the evening, waiting for something to happen
Subject(s): Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Heroism
First Line: How can I be bitter?'
Last Line: Exhaust the evening, waiting for something to happen
Subject(s): Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Heroism
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