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PRODIGAL SON by ROBERT BLY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE PRODIGAL SON IS KNEELING IN THE HUSKS
Last Line: UNDER THE WATER THERE'S A DOOR THE PIGS HAVE GONE THROUGH
Subject(s): BIBLE; RELIGION;

Poem Sources:

CHAPTERS INTO VERSE; A SELECTION OF POETRY IN ENGLISH INSPIRED BY THE BIBLE FROM GENESIS THROUGH REVELATION. ASSEMBLED & ED. BY ROBERT ATWAN & LAURENCE WIEDER.
  ATWAN, ROBERT (ED.)
  (2000)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  BLY, ROBERT
  (1986)
 
MAN IN THE BLACK COAT TURNS.
  BLY, ROBERT
  (1981)
 



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