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SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: WAKE by RITA DOVE

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NATION LIKE THIS
Last Line: BUT YOUR BREATH, EXALTED AND SPEARMINT

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  DOVE, RITA
  (1993)
 



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