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DECOY by JOHN ASHBERY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT
Last Line: HUSBAND AND WIFE %MAN AND WIFE

Poem Sources:

POSTMODERNS; THE NEW AMERICAN POETRY REVISED.
  ALLEN, DONALD, & BUTTERICK, GEORGE F. (EDS.)
  (1982)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1985)
 
THE MOORING OF STARTING OUT; THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF POETRY.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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