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IT OUT-HERODS HEROD. PRAY YOU, AVOID IT' by ANTHONY HECHT

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: TONIGHT MY CHILDREN HUNCH
Last Line: Who could not, at one time, / Have saved them from the gas
Subject(s): WORLD WAR II; SECOND WORLD WAR;
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