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SORROW OF OBEDIENCE by JOHN CIARDI

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE LIEUTENANT ORDERED ME TO ASK ABDHUL
Last Line: I WAS ONCE MORE LEFT TO GRIEVE FOR MY IMPERFECTIONS
Subject(s): OBEDIENCE;

Poem Sources:

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



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