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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BURNING CHILD, by AMY CLAMPITT Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Dreamwork, the mnemonic flicker Last Line: Reprieve of nightmare between the %tinder and the nurture whose %embrace is drowning | |||
View Poem Text | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIDE AND SEEK by SARA TEASDALE TO MY DEAR FRIEND, MR. CONGREVE, ON HIS COMEDY, 'THE DOUBLE-DEALER' by JOHN DRYDEN HARRIET BEECHER STOWE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE CROPPY BOY: (A BALLAD OF '98) by WILLIAM B. MCBURNEY A WHITE ROSE by JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY KEARNY AT SEVEN PINES [MAY 31, 1862] by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN |
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