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SHAFT by JOHN CIARDI

Poet Analysis

First Line: AT FIRST LIGHT IN THE SHADOW, OVER THE ROACH
Last Line: BUT ONE MORE SCURRY SOUNDING DOWN THE SHAFT?

Poem Sources:

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



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