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URIEL ACCOSTA: A PLAY AND A FOURTH GROUP OF VERSE (44) by CHARLES REZNIKOFF

Poet Analysis

First Line: BOTH DAUGHTERS HAD MARRIED WELL; THEIR HUSBANDS EARNED
Last Line: I AM SHARPENING A KNIFE TO KILL MY GRANDCHILDREN, BUT NOT YOU: %YOU MUST PAY FOR MY BOARD HERE

Poem Sources:

POEMS 1918-1975; THE COMPLETE POEMS. SEAMUS COONEY (ED.)
  REZNIKOFF, CHARLES
  (1995)
 



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