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FALL by JOHN UPDIKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE UNDERTAKER, WHO WAS WITH THE LOCAL MINISTER
Last Line: OH MAMA,' I SAID ALOUD, THOUGH I NEVER CALLED %HER 'MAMA,' 'I DIDN'T TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF YOU.'
Subject(s): MOTHERS;

Poem Sources:

THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, V21#2, MARCH & APRIL /92.
  (1992)
 
COLLECTED POEMS: 1953 - 1993.
  UPDIKE, JOHN
  (1995)
 



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