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FLIGHTING FOR DUCK by WILLIAM EMPSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: EGYPTIAN BANKS, AN AVENUE OF CLAY
Last Line: IT LIT, LIKE A STRUCK MATCH, EVERYTHING BY
Subject(s): HUNTING;

Poem Sources:

MODERN POETRY; AMERICAN AND BRITISH.
  FRIAR, KIMON, & BRINNIN, JOHN MALCOLM (EDS.)
  (1951)
 
THE COMPLETE POEMS OF WILLIAM EMPSON. EDITED BY JOHN HAFFENDEN.
  EMPSON, WILLIAM
  (2000)
 



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