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THE OPEN BOAT by DAVID IGNATOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: WITH NO PLACE TO LAY MY HEAD
Last Line: AFRAID, AFRAID / OF A HUMAN
Subject(s): BOATS; SOLITUDE; ALIENATION (SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY);
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rescue_the_Dead/_-ekICPfVgwC?q=OPEN+BOAT&gbpv=1&bsq=the%20open%20boat#f=false


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