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SOUND OF BREAKING by CONRAD AIKEN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: WHY DO YOU CRY OUT, WHY DO I LIKE TO HEAR YOU
Last Line: THE SOUND OF DISASTER AND MISERY, THE SOUND %OF PASSIONATE HEARTBREAK AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD

Poem Sources:

AMERICAN POETS, 1630-1930.
  VAN DOREN, MARK (ED.)
  (1932)
 
MODERN AMERICAN POETS.
  AIKEN, CONRAD (ED.)
  (1927)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  AIKEN, CONRAD
  (1982)
 



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