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EPIGRAM: 6. POLITICAL REFLEXION by HOWARD NEMEROV

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: NO BARS ARE SET TOO CLOSE, NO MESH TOO FINE
Last Line: THOUGH THE CAGE FRET KINGS. YOU MAY MAKE FREE WITH IT
Subject(s): SPARROWS; ZOOS;

Poem Sources:

THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN LIGHT VERSE.
  HARMON, WILLIAM (ED.)
  (1979)
 
THE NORTON INTRODUCTION TO POETRY. SIXTH EDITION.
  HUNTER, J. PAUL (ED.)
  (1995)
 



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