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SKATERS: 1 by JOHN ASHBERY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THESE DECIBELS %ARE A KIND OF FLAGELLATION, AN ENTITY OF SOUND
Last Line: YET KNOWING WHERE MEN ARE COMING FROM. IT IS THIS, TO HOLD THE %CANDLE UP TO THE ALBUM

Poem Sources:

POSTMODERN AMERICAN POETRY: A NORTON ANTHOLOGY.
  HOOVER, PAUL (ED.)
  (1994)
 
THE MOORING OF STARTING OUT; THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF POETRY.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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