Spoon River Anthology · Character
J. Milton Miles
A poet who dies young, his work unappreciated.
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The speaker who laments his inability to distinguish the true voice from the false among the many calls of life.
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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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