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DESCENDING FIGURE: 2. THE SICK CHILD by LOUISE ELIZABETH GLUCK

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: A SMALL CHILD %IS ILL, HAS WAKENED
Last Line: PAINT FROM THEIR FACES

Poem Sources:

THE FABER BOOK OF 20TH CENTURY WOMEN'S POETRY.
  ADCOCK, FLEUR (ED.)
  (1987)
 
TAKING TO STRANGERS.
  DOBLER, PATRICIA
  (1986)
 
THE FIRST FOUR BOOKS OF POEMS.
  GLUCK, LOUISE
  (1995)
 



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