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TOM FOOL AT JAMAICA by MARIANNE MOORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: LOOK AT JONAH EMBARKING FROM JOPPA, DETERRED BY
Last Line: And you may have seen a monkey on a greyhound. 'but Tom Fool...'
Subject(s): HORSE RACING;

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