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FOR MY SON JOHN by JOHN CIARDI

Poet Analysis

First Line: JONNEL, THIS IS FOR YOU -- MY RIVER-SAINT-NAMED
Last Line: THE FIRST LIFE AND THE FIRST AND STILL THE FIRST
Subject(s): FATHERS & SONS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Collected_Poems_of_John_Ciardi/DVR0EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=JOHN+CIARDI+%22Jonnel,+this+is+for+you+--+my+river-saint-named%22&pg=PA193&printsec=frontcover


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