First Line: THE STOUT POET TIPTOES Last Line: IS CHANTING WORDS TO HIMSELF. Subject(s): FAMILY LIFE; POETRY & POETS; ROETHKE, THEODORE (1908-1963); WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; RELATIVES; FEMINISM;
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