Critical Essay on "Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Rocking" by Edward Hirsch
Read this essay if you would like the benefit of some intelligent discussion of the poem that is sensitive to its rhythms, movement, and impact. This is good stuff... You may quote from this essay in your response if it helps to illuminate the poem for you.
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