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MAN ON A FIRE ESCAPE by EDWARD HIRSCH

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: HE COULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT PROPELLED HIM
Last Line: Like a warning-icy, long-forgotten - / while he turned back to an empty room
Subject(s): CITIES; URBAN LIFE;
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