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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGY FOR THE GIANT TORTOISES, by MARGARET ATWOOD Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let others pray for the passenger pigeon Last Line: Our holy and obsolete symbols Subject(s): Turtles; Tortoises | |||
View Poem Text | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GIANT TORTOISE by ANTHONY HECHT THE TURTLE SHRINE NEAR CHITTAGONG by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE THE PHOENIX AND THE TORTOISE by KENNETH REXROTH CLOSING TIME AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO by KAREN SWENSON TO A BOX TURTLE by JOHN UPDIKE A JOURNEY WITH WOMEN by ROBERT BLY A VALEDICTION: OF THE BOOKE by JOHN DONNE TO STATECRAFT EMBALMED by MARIANNE MOORE EPITAPH INTENDED FOR SIR ISAAC NEWTON, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALEXANDER POPE |
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