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YOUNG DEAD SOLDIERS by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE YOUNG DEAD SOLDIERS DO NOT SPEAK
Last Line: WE WERE YOUNG, THEY SAY. WE HAVE DIED. REMEMBER US
Subject(s): DEATH; SOLDIERS; WORLD WAR II;

Poem Sources:

O FRABJOUS DAY! POETRY FOR HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
  LIVINGSTON, MYRA COHN (ED.)
  (1977)
 
ARTICLES OF WAR; A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN POETRY ABOUT WORLD WAR II.
  STOKESBURY, LEON (ED.)
  (1990)
 
MASTERPIECES OF RELIGIOUS VERSE.
  MORRISON, JAMES D. (ED.)
  (1948)
 
COLLECTED POEMS, 1917-1982.
  MACLEISH, ARCHIBALD
  (1985)
 



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