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MEDITATION IN SEVEN DAYS by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: IF YOUR MOTHER IS A JEW, YOU ARE A JEW
Last Line: I AM THE WOMAN, AND ABOUT TO ENTER
Subject(s): DAY; JEWS - WOMEN; MEDITATION;

Poem Sources:

THE PITTSBURGH BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  OCHESTER, ED, & ORESICK, PETER (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
TELLING AND REMEMBERING; A CENTURY OF AMERICAN JEWISH POETRY.
  RUBIN, STEVEN J. (ED.)
  (1997)
 
MICHIGAN QUARTERLY REVIEW, V26#1, WINTER/87
  (1987)
 
GREEN AGE.
  OSTRIKER, ALICIA SUSKIN
  (1989)
 
THE LITTLE SPACE; POEMS SELECTED AND NEW, 1968-1998.
  OSTRIKER, ALICIA SUSKIN
  (1998)
 



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