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BUTTONS; IN MEMORIAM CAPTAIN EDWARD HERBERT by ZBIGNIEW HERBERT

Poet Analysis

First Line: ONLY THE BUTTONS WERE RELENTLESS
Last Line: THE BUTTONS OF THE UNYIELDING BONES %OF OVERCOATS AND UNIFORMS

Poem Sources:

POLISH POETRY OF THE LAST TWO DECADES OF COMMUNIST RULE; SPOILING CANNIBALS' FUN.
  BARANCZAK, STANISLAW, & CAVANAGH, CLARE (EDS. & TRS.)
  (1991)
 



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