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EDEN RETOLD: 5. THE CONFESSION by KARL SHAPIRO

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS ON THE FIRST DAY HER FIRST WORD WAS THOU
Last Line: And bore her body earthward like a beast
Subject(s): ADAM & EVE; SIN; TREES; FOOD & EATING; EVE;
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