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SESTINA by ELIZABETH BISHOP

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First Line: SEPTEMBER RAIN FALLS ON THE HOUSE
Last Line: The grandmother sings to the marvellous stove / and the child draws another inscrutable house
Subject(s): FAMILY LIFE; RELATIVES;
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