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OF BEING NUMEROUS: 4 by GEORGE OPPEN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: FOR THE PEOPLE OF THAT FLOW
Last Line: ARE PETTY ALIBI AND SATIRICAL WIT %WILL NOT SERVE ONLY OBSCURES %IT

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: VOLUME 2.
  (1994)
 
COLLECTED POEMS OF GEORGE OPPEN.
  OPPEN, GEORGE
  (1975)
 



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