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KIND OF AN ODE TO DUTY by OGDEN NASH

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: O DUTY %WHY HAST THOU NOT THE VISAGE OF A SWEETIE OR A CUTIE?
Last Line: THAT IN THE WORDS OF THE POET, WHEN DUTY WHISPERS LOW, THOU MUST, %THIS ERTSWHILE YOUTH REPLIES, I J
Subject(s): DUTY;

Poem Sources:

TREASURY OF SATIRE.
  JOHNSON, EDGAR (ED.)
  (1945)
 
I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT; SELECTED POEMS.
  NASH, OGDEN
  (1975)
 



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