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ADLER by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE JEWISH KING LEAR IS GETTING READY
Last Line: SITTING ON TOP OF THE BARRELS, AS IF THERE WERE FLOWERS-- %STILL SANG IN BITTERNESS, STILL WEPT AND
Subject(s): HOLOCAUST, JEWISH (1939-1945); JEWS;

Poem Sources:

BLOOD TO REMEMBER; AMERICAN POETS ON THE HOLOCAUST.
  FISHMAN, CHARLES (ED.)
  (1991)
 
TELLING AND REMEMBERING; A CENTURY OF AMERICAN JEWISH POETRY.
  RUBIN, STEVEN J. (ED.)
  (1997)
 
LEAVING ANOTHER KINGDOM; SELECTED POEMS.
  STERN, GERALD
  (1990)
 



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