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Subject: BEOWULF
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BEOWULF, by RICHARD WILBUR    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The land was overmuch like scenery
Subject(s): Beowulf


BEOWULF, by RICHARD WILBUR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The land was overmuch like scenery
Last Line: Singing of him what they could not understand
Subject(s): Beowulf


HAUNTED MERE, by SEAMUS HEANEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Beowulf was quickly brought to the chamber
Last Line: Is still unknown to you. Seek it if you dare
Subject(s): Beowulf


SHIP OF DEATH, by SEAMUS HEANEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Scyld was still a strong man when his time came
Last Line: Knows for certain who salvaged the dead
Subject(s): Beowulf; Funerals; Ships And Shipping


THE BEAST, by CHARLES BUKOWSKI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Beowulf may have killed grendel and
Last Line: And all the walls become impossible
Subject(s): Beowulf