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CADET PICTURE OF MY FATHER by RAINER MARIA RILKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE'S ABSENCE IN THE EYES. THE BROW'S IN TOUCH
Last Line: OH QUICKLY DISAPPEARING PHOTOGRAPH %IN MY MORE SLOWLY DISAPPEARING HAND!

Poem Sources:

THE MCGRAW-HILL BOOK OF POETRY.
  DIYANNI, ROBERT & ROMPF, KRAFT (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
IMITATIONS.
  LOWELL, ROBERT (ED. AND TR.)
  (1990)
 



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