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FABLE OF THE WAR by HOWARD NEMEROV

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THE FULL MOON IS PARTLY HIDDEN BY CLOUD
Last Line: TO BETRAY US, LEAN EACH MAN ON HIS GUN %THAT THE GREAT WORK NOT FALTER BUT GO ON
Subject(s): WORLD WAR II;

Poem Sources:

NEW POETS OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
  HALL, DONALD, & PACK, ROBERT, & SIMPSON, LOUIS (EDS.)
  (1957)
 
THE OXFORD BOOK OF WAR POETRY.
  STALLWORTHY, JON (ED.)
  (1984)
 
ARTICLES OF WAR; A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN POETRY ABOUT WORLD WAR II.
  STOKESBURY, LEON (ED.)
  (1990)
 



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