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PARADISE LOST, BOOK 5. AN EPITOME by ANTHONY HECHT

Poet Analysis

First Line: HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY %ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL
Last Line: GIVEN TO LEWDNESS AND %RODOMONTADE
Subject(s): MILTON, JOHN (1608-1674);

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON BOOK OF LIGHT VERSE.
  BAKER, RUSSELL (ED.)
  (1986)
 
JIGGERY-POKERY; A COMPENDIUM OF DOUBLE DACTYLS.
  HECHT, ANTHONY, & HOLLANDER, JOHN (EDS.)
  (1983)
 



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