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Paul Muldoon, "Duffy's Circus" (1977)

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Duffy's Circus

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Editorial Note

Switzerland features only peripherally - if at all - in this poem, through a reference to Hannibal's troups crossing the Alps ("across the Alps of each other the elphants / Trooped").

In fact, Hannibal very likely crossed the French and Italian Alps, but not the Swiss Alps. However, we thought it best to be generous here ...

 

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Source

Muldoon, Paul. "Duffy's Circus." Mules. Winston-Salem: Wake Forest University Press, 1977. 51.

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