Spoon River Anthology · Character
Samuel Gardner
A farmer who dies from a heart attack while plowing.
minor
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The speaker and subject of the chapter, a greenhouse keeper who contemplates the elm tree's growth as a metaphor for human life.
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In Samuel Gardner: The speaker and subject of the chapter, a greenhouse keeper who contemplates the elm tree's growth as a metaphor for human life. Later, in Dow Kritt: Mentioned as the owner of a flourishing elm,…
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- Diverse Spoon River community
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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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