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PRAISE FOR DEATH by DONALD HALL

Poet Analysis

First Line: LET US PRAISE DEATH THAT TURNS PINK CHEEKS TO ASHES
Last Line: TO UTNAPISHTIM %WHO ALONE OF ALL MEN AFTER THE FLOOD LIVES WITHOUT DYING

Poem Sources:

THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 1990.
  GRAHAM, JORIE (ED.)
  (1990)
 
THE SOUL IS HERE FOR ITS OWN JOY.
  BLY, ROBERT (ED.)
  (1995)
 
OLD AND NEW POEMS.
  HALL, DONALD
  (1990)
 



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