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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: KNOWLT HOHEIMER, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I was the first fruits of the battle of missionary ridge
Last Line: What do they mean, anyway?
First Line: I was the first fruits of the battle of missionary ridge
Last Line: What do they mean, anyway?
I WAS the first fruits of the battle of Missionary Ridge.
When I felt the bullet enter my heart
I wished I had staid at home and gone to jail
For stealing the hogs of Curl Trenary,
Instead of running away and joining the army.
Rather a thousand times the county jail
Than to lie under this marble figure with wings,
And this granite pedestal
Bearing the words, "Pro Patria."
What do they mean, anyway?
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