In bombers named for girls, we burned
The cities we had learned about in school-
Till our lives wore out; our bodies lay among
The people we had killed and never seen.
When we lasted long enough they gave us medals;
When we died they said, "Our casualties were low."

Randall Jarrell

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Topic

Razing cities World War II War

Author

Randall Jarrell

Source

Losses

Medium

Poem

Genre

War poetry

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jarrell, Randall. Losses. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948, I. 22.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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