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AN OLD MAN; AFTER CAVAFY by ROBERT PINSKY

Poet Analysis

First Line: BACK IN A CORNER, ALONE IN THE CLATTER AND BABBLE
Last Line: Resting on the table in the noise cafe
Subject(s): OLD AGE;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/01/translation-rhyme-reason/


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