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DREAM, DUMP-HEAP, AND CIVILIZATION by ROBERT PENN WARREN

Poet Analysis

First Line: LIKE THE STENCH AND SMUDGE OF THE OLD DUMP-HEAP
Last Line: IS CIVILIZATION POSSIBLE WITHOUT IT?
Subject(s): CIVILIZATION; REFUSE & REFUSE DISPOSAL;
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