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TWENTY-ONE LOVE POEMS: 7 by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT KIND OF BEAST WOULD TURN ITS LIFE INTO WORDS?
Last Line: SO THAT BLIGHTED ELMS, SICK RIVERS, MASSACRES WOULD SEEM %MERE EMBLEMS OF THAT DESECRATION OF OURSEL

Poem Sources:

ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN AMERICAN POETRY.
  NELSON, CARY (ED.)
  (2000)
 
THE DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE; POEMS, 1974-1977.
  RICH, ADRIENNE
  (1978)
 
THE FACT OF A DOORFRAME.
  RICH, ADRIENNE
  (1994)
 
THE VOICE OF THE POET; ADRIENNE RICH.
  RICH, ADRIENNE
  (2002)
 



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