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Article: Roman Fever.(Poem)
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- Quadrant
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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ROMAN FEVER
There were still cases of malaria in the 30s
in the marshland to the south of Rome.
Daisy Miller is not buried in the English Cemetery.
But Keats has a grave and an empty sepulchre.
I am a signora, never a signorina.
I don't have a fur coat but I do have gloves.
Anzac Day is also the day when Italy celebrates
her liberation. In the Military Cemetery she says
"At the rising of the sun and in the morning ...!"
A splendid uniform with a brass instrument
waits far off on a plinth for the shining moment.
The Last Post doesn't sound like the Last Post.
Nobody I ask knows who decided to eradicate
malaria or ...
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... ... footnotes necessary, in less than a generation, for elucidating these and other terms. The double narrative stance of "Roman Fever" adds psychological complexity and opens up promising possibilities for future poems, yet a certain monotony sets in because ...
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