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LETTERS TO DEAD IMAGISTS by CARL SANDBURG

Poet Analysis

First Line: EMILY DICKINSON
Last Line: NOR THE MUMBLINGS AND SHOTS THAT RISE FROM DREAMS ON CALL.
Subject(s): CRANE, STEPHEN (1871-1900); DICKINSON, EMILY (1830-1886);
EMILY DICKINSON:
You gave us the bumble bee who has a soul,
The everlasting traveler among the hollyhocks,
And how God plays around a back yard garden.

STEVIE CRANE:
War is kind and we never knew the kindness of war till you came;
Nor the black riders and clashes of spear and shield out of the sea,
Nor the mumblings and shots that rise from dreams on call.



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