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Subject: CALIGULA (12 A.D.- 41 A.D.)
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CALIGULA'S DREAM, by JOHN UPDIKE            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Of gold the bread on which he banqueted
Subject(s): Caligula (12 A.d.- 41 A.d.); Insomnia; Sleeplessness


CALIGULA'S DREAM, by JOHN UPDIKE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Of gold the bread on which he banqueted
Last Line: Caligula, his mouth a mass of fur, %awoke, and toppled toward assassination
Subject(s): Caligula (12 A.d.- 41 A.d.); Insomnia


THE CONFLICT: 3. PEACE, by PERCY MACKAYE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Peace! - but there is no peace. To hug the thought
Last Line: Or would we crown with peace — caligula?
Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace
Subject(s): Caligula (12 A.d.- 41 A.d.); England; Peace; United States; World War I; English; America; First World War