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HOW MUCH EARTH by PHILIP LEVINE

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: TORN INTO LIGHT, YOU WOKE WRIGGLING
Last Line: in sunlight and walks the roads
Subject(s): MANKIND; HUMAN RACE;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_Selected_Poems_of_Philip_Levine/DV6HR4Gl51wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=levine+%22Torn+into+light,+you+woke+wriggling%22&pg=PT67&printsec=frontcover



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