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MEMORIAL RAIN by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH

Poet Analysis

First Line: AMBASSADOR PUSER THE AMBASSADOR
Last Line: HE RESTS, HE IS QUIET, HE SLEEPS IN A STRANGE LAND
Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; VETERANS DAY; WORLD WAR I;

Poem Sources:

SURVEY OF AMERICAN POETRY. VOLUME VIII: INTERVAL BETWEEN WARS.
  (1986)
 
THE OXFORD BOOK OF WAR POETRY.
  STALLWORTHY, JON (ED.)
  (1984)
 
CHIEF MODERN POETS OF BRITAIN AND AMERICA. 5TH EDITION. EDITED BY GERALD DEWITT SANDERS, JOHN HERBERT NELSON, AND M.L. ROSENTHAL.
  SANDERS, GERALD DEWITT (ED.)
  (1970)
 
WHAT I LIKE IN POETRY.
  PHELPS, WILLIAM LYON (COMP.)
  (1934)
 
COLLECTED POEMS, 1917-1982.
  MACLEISH, ARCHIBALD
  (1985)
 



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