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THE BURIAL OF THE OLD by WENDELL BERRY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE OLD, WHOSE BODIES ENCRUST THEIR LIVES
Last Line: alert to each other's bodies
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
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