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NINTH SYMPHONY OF BEETHOVEN UNDERSTOOD .. SEXUAL MESSAGE by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH

Poet Analysis

First Line: A MAN IN TERROR OF IMPOTENCE
Last Line: BEATING OF A BLOODY FIST UPON %A SPLINTERED TABLE
Subject(s): BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827); COMPOSERS; HAPPINESS; MUSIC AND MUSICIANS;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. 3RD ED. ED, BY ALEXANDER ALLISON, BLAKE HERBERT, ET AL.
  ALLISON, ALEXANDER (ED.)
  (1983)
 
POEMS FOR THE MILLENNIUM. VOLUME 2. FROM POSTWAR TO MILLENNIUM.
  ROTHENBERG, JEROME, AND JORIS, PIERRE (EDS.)
  (1998)
 
POEMS: SELECTED AND NEW, 1950-1974.
  RICH, ADRIENNE
  (1975)
 
THE FACT OF A DOORFRAME.
  RICH, ADRIENNE
  (1994)
 



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