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PIED PIPER by JOHN ASHBERY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: UNDER THE DAY'S CRUST A HALF-EATEN CHILD
Last Line: MOST CIVIL, LAUGHING NOT TO RETURN

Poem Sources:

THE YALE YOUNGER POETS ANTHOLOGY.
  BRADLEY, GEORGE (ED.)
  (1998)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1985)
 
THE MOORING OF STARTING OUT; THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF POETRY.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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