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THE EXHAUSTED BUG; FOR MY FATHER by ROBERT BLY

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE IS A TINY., HARD-SHELLED THING. HE IS THE LENGTH OF A CHILD'S TOOTH, AND
Last Line: FATHER STRETCHED OUT IN HIS COFFIN.
Subject(s): BEETLES; CURIOSITIES & WONDERS; DEATH; FATHERS & SONS; INSECTS; ENIGMAS; ODDITIES; DEAD, THE; BUGS;

Poem Sources:

THE PARTY TRAIN; A COLLECTION OF NORTH AMERICAN PROSE POETRY. EDITED BY ROBERT ALEXANDER, MARK VINZ & C.W. TRUESDALE.
  ALEXANDER, ROBERT (ED.)
  (1996)
 
THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, V22#4, JULY -AUGUST /93.
  (1993)
 
GRATITUDE TO OLD TEACHERS.
  BLY, ROBERT
  (1993)
 



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