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JUNE FOURTH by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: TODAY AS I RIDE DOWN TWENTY-FIFTH STREET I SMELL HONEYSUCKLE
Last Line: The mixture of pain and pleasure - terror and hope - / what he calls 'honeysuckle.'
Subject(s): MEDMORY;

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