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DEVIL'S ADVICE TO STORY-TELLERS by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES

Poet Analysis

First Line: LEST MEN SUSPECT YOUR TALE TO BE UNTRUE
Last Line: NICE CONTRADICTION BETWEEN FACT AND FACT %WILL MAKE THE WHOLE READ HUMAN AND EXACT

Poem Sources:

MODERN POEMS. EDITED BY RICHARD ELLMANN AND ROBERT O'CLAIR.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
A LITTLE TREASURY OF MODERN POETRY; ENGLISH & AMERICAN. REVISED EDITION.
  WILLIAMS, OSCAR (ED.)
  (1950)
 



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