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HOMAGE TO MISTRESS BRADSTREET: 21 by JOHN BERRYMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: DRENCHT & POWERFUL, I DID IT WITH MY BODY
Last Line: blossom. Is that thing alive? I hear a famisht howl
Subject(s): BIRTH; BRADSTREET, ANNE (1612-1672); CHILD BIRTH; MIDWIFERY;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://web-facstaff.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Berryman_HomageToBradstreet.pdf


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