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GILBERT STUART PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON by TED KOOSER

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU KNOW IT AS WELL AS THE BACK OF YOUR HAND
Last Line: BEFORE US ALWAYS, HE WHO COULD NEVER TELL A LIE %KEPT HIS JAWS CLOSED ON THE TRUTH

Poem Sources:

THE CARNEGIE MELLON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY.
  COSTANZO, GERALD & DANIELS, JIM (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
WEATHER CENTRAL.
  KOOSER, TED
  (1994)
 



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