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IN THE MIDDLE by RACHEL HADAS

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE STORY OF SUMMER IS ALWAYS SOMEHOW THE STORY OF SLEEP
Last Line: BUT THE PLACE ITSELF WAS MORTAL. %WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PAST?

Poem Sources:

THE THREEPENNY REVIEW, #39FA/89.
  (1989)
 
MIRRORS OF ASTONISHMENT.
  HADAS, RACHEL
  (1992)
 
HALFWAY DOWN THE HALL; NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  HADAS, RACHEL
  (1998)
 



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