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THE OLIVE TREE by KARL SHAPIRO

Poet Analysis

First Line: SAVE FOR A LUSTERLESS HONING-STONE OF MOON
Last Line: In love and reverence for the total loss
Subject(s): JEWS; OLIVE TREES & OLIVES; JUDAISM;

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