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TWO PIECES AFTER SUETONIUS: 1. APOLOGY FOR DOMITIAN by ROBERT PENN WARREN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: HE WAS NOT BAD, AS EMPERORS GO, NOT REALLY
Last Line: IT GETS IS AT NIGHT, AND FROM HIS OLD NURSE, A WOMAN POOR, NONPOLITICAL

Poem Sources:

THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN VERSE.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1976)
 
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF ROBERT PENN WARREN. EDITED BY JOHN BURT.
  WARREN, ROBERT PENN
  (1998)
 



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