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ANOTHER REASON WHY I DON'T KEEP A GUN IN THE HOUSE by BILLY COLLINS

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THE NEIGHBORS' DOG WILL NOT STOP BARKING
Last Line: THAT ENDLESS CODA THAT FIRST ESTABLISHED %BEETHOVEN AS AN INNOVATIVE GENIUS

Poem Sources:

STAND UP POETRY; AN EXPANDED ANTHOLOGY.
  WEBB, CHARLES HARPER (ED.)
  (2002)
 
THE APPLE THAT ASTONISHED PARIS.
  COLLINS, BILLY
  (1988)
 



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