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Classic and Contemporary Poetry

HAWK by JOHN CIARDI

Poet Analysis

First Line: IT CIRCLED, HAND, AND CIRCLED. I WATCHED IT COME
Last Line: TO KEEP THE SYMBOL BUT TO SHOOT THE BIRD
Subject(s): BIRDS; HAWKS;

Poem Sources:

THE COLLECTED POEMS OF JOHN CIARDI. COMPILED AND EDITED BY EDWARD M. CIFELLI.
  CIARDI, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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