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ON THE ISLAND by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: AFTER CHEATING EACH OTHER FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS
Last Line: AND THE FORCING OF THE SEA INTO THOSE CRAMPED VESSELS

Poem Sources:

THIS TIME; NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  STERN, GERALD
  (1998)
 



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