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The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful.
Robert Penn Warren
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Robert Penn Warren
Age: 84 †
Born: 1905
Born: April 24
Died: 1989
Died: September 15
Journalist
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Guthrie
Kentucky
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