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A FIRST DAY IN PARIS by JAMES WRIGHT

Poet Analysis

First Line: SOME TWENTY YEARS AGO I WAS STILL A YOUNG MAN. I DID NOT KNOW
Last Line: their shadows lie on chestnut / leaves like sunlight
Subject(s): PARIS, FRANCE;
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