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RANDALL JARRELL by ROBERT LOWELL

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First Line: THE DREAM WENT LIKE A RAKE OF SLICED BAMBOO,
Last Line: Cal, why did we live? Why do we die?
Subject(s): JARRELL, RANDALL (1914-1965); DEATH; LIFE; DEAD, THE;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182492


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