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GRANDMOTHERS: 1. MARY GRAVELY JONES by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH

Poet Analysis

First Line: WE HAD NO PETNAMES, NO DIMINUTIVES FOR YOU
Last Line: RECITING YOUR UNWRITTEN NOVELS TO THE CHILDREN
Subject(s): GRANDPARENTS; MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS; WOMEN;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
HARVARD BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  VENDLER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
MOTHER TO DAUGHTER, DAUGHTER TO MOTHER, MOTHERS ON MOTHERING, A DAYBOOK AND READER.
  OLSEN, TILLIE (ED.)
  (1984)
 
A WILD PATIENCE HAS TAKEN ME THIS FAR; POEMS, 1978-1981.
  RICH, ADRIENNE
  (1981)
 
THE FACT OF A DOORFRAME.
  RICH, ADRIENNE
  (1994)
 



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