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CLEO DE MERODE by CHARLES SIMIC

Poet Analysis

First Line: JOSEPH CORNELL COULD NOT DRAW, PAINT, OR SCULPT, AND YET HE WAS A
Last Line: Cleo de merode, by the way, was a famous / ballerina and femme fatale of the 1890's
Subject(s): CORNELL, JOSEPH (1903-1972);
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