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MY SON THE MAN by SHARON OLDS

Poet Analysis

First Line: SUDDENLY HIS SHOULDERS GET A LOT WIDER
Last Line: TO LEARN THE WAY OUT, THEN SMILED AND LET HIMSELF BE MANACLED

Poem Sources:

THE NEW YORKER, JUNE 26-JULY 3/95.
  (1995)
 
THE WELLSPRING
  OLDS, SHARON
  (1996)
 



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