Spoon River Anthology · Character

Dow Kritt

A man who dies in a bar fight over a card game.

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Also known as Samuel

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The speaker, a ditch digger who reflects on his elm tree's struggle against rocky ground.

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Adam Weirauch’s emotional and psychological peak occurs when he abandons his principles, declaring “to hell wi…

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