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ADLER by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE JEWISH KING LEAR IS GETTING READY
Last Line: Sitting on top of the barrels, as if there were flowers -- / still sang in bitterness, still wept an
Subject(s): HOLOCAUST, JEWISH (1939-1945);
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Early_Collected_Poems_1965_1992/vMYZPz8BByAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=GERALD+STERN+%22THE+JEWISH+KING+LEAR+IS+GETTING+READY%22&pg=PA325&printsec=frontcover


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