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AS THE ASIAN WAR BEGINS by ROBERT BLY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE ARE LONGINGS TO KILL THAT CANNOT BE SEEN
Last Line: GIVE US A GLIMPSE OF WHAT WE CANNOT SEE, %OUR ENEMIES, THE SOLDIERS AND THE POOR

Poem Sources:

SELECTED POEMS.
  BLY, ROBERT
  (1986)
 
LIGHT AROUND THE BODY.
  BLY, ROBERT
  (1967)
 



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