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IN BACK OF THE REAL by ALLEN GINSBERG

Poet Analysis

First Line: RAILROAD YARD IN SAN JOSE
Last Line: THIS IS THE FLOWER OF THE WORLD
Subject(s): DEPRESSION, MENTAL;

Poem Sources:

BEYOND BEDLAM; POEMS WRITTEN OUT OF MENTAL ILLNESS. EDITED BY KEN SMITH AND MATTHEW SWEENEY.
  SMITH, KEN (ED.)
  (1997)
 
SELECTED POEMS, 1947 - 1995.
  GINSBERG, ALLEN
  (1996)
 



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