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ACADEMY by JOHN UPDIKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SHUFFLE UP THE STAIRS BETRAYS OUR AGE
Last Line: A STRUGGLE IT WAS, AND A DREAM; WE WAKE %TO BRIGHT BALD HONORS. TELL US OUR MISTAKE

Poem Sources:

ONTARIO REVIEW, #38, SPRING-SUMMER/93.
  (1993)
 
COLLECTED POEMS: 1953 - 1993.
  UPDIKE, JOHN
  (1995)
 



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