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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HE WROTE THE HISTORY BOOK,' IT SAID, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: There! You shed a ray
Last Line: Your father's autograph.
Subject(s): Fathers & Sons; History; Historians
First Line: There! You shed a ray
Last Line: Your father's autograph.
Subject(s): Fathers & Sons; History; Historians
THERE! You shed a ray
of whimsicality on a mask of profundity so
terrific, that I have been dumbfounded by
it oftener than I care to say.
The book? Titles are chaff.
Authentically
brief and full of energy, you contribute to your father's
legibility and are sufficiently
synthetic. Thank you for showing me
your father's autograph.
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