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WORK (2) by MARY OLIVER

Poet Analysis

First Line: I AM A WOMAN SIXTY YEARS OLD AND OF NO SPECIAL COURAGE
Last Line: THIS IS THE WORLD, AND THIS IS THE WORK OF THE WORLD
Subject(s): EARTH; LABOR AND LABORERS;

Poem Sources:

THE SOUTHERN REVIEW, V35#3, SUMMER /99
  (1999)
 



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