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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#65), by MARVIN BELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The dead man struggles not to become crabby, chronic or hypothetical
Last Line: When the river met the shore.
Subject(s): Death; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Language; Poetry & Poets; Reason; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891); Dead, The; Words; Vocabulary; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals
First Line: The dead man struggles not to become crabby, chronic or hypothetical
Last Line: When the river met the shore.
Subject(s): Death; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Language; Poetry & Poets; Reason; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891); Dead, The; Words; Vocabulary; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals
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