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David Ferry, Roger Reeves, and the Underworld

New Books in Poetry

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Exploring the Absence of Words: The Dead's Communication in Poetry

The chapter analyzes a poem depicting the dead as eating instead of speaking, exploring how their actions convey meaning. It delves into how the absence of speech among the dead contrasts with the living's mode of communication.

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