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THE ONE DULL THING YOU DID WAS TO DIE, FLETCHER by JOHN CIARDI

Poet Analysis

First Line: TO YOU, FLETCHER, FROM MY DARK HOUSE ASLEEP
Last Line: maudlin, but in the best that money can buy
Subject(s): DEATH;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Collected_Poems_of_John_Ciardi/DVR0EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=ciardi+%22To+you,+fletcher,+from+my+dark+house+asleep%27&pg=PA212&printsec=frontcover



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