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THE ROSEBUSH; A MEMORY OF THEODORE ROETHKE by DAVID WAGONER

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE WAS GOING TO PLANT A ROSE. HE'D FOUND IT MILDEWED
Subject(s): ROETHKE, THEODORE (1908-1963);

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