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Danielle Chapman Reads Zbigniew Herbert

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Exploration of Beelzebub, Nature, and Pioneering Efforts

Exploring the symbolism of Beelzebub through the theme of flies and its connection to the speaker's ancestral history, alongside a reflection on the South's wild nature contending with pioneers' efforts to tame and dominate it.

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