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CEMETERY OF ORANGE TREES IN CRETE by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: IN CRETE THE OLD ORANGE TREES ARE CUT BACK UNTIL THEY ARE STUMPS
Last Line: THE VIOLENCE AND SORROW THAT GAVE US OUR LIFE AGAIN

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



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