Fifth Grade Autobiography Summary

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Fifth Grade Autobiography Overview

“Fifth Grade Autobiography” is a four-stanza free-verse poem by American poet Rita Dove. The poem uses a school assignment to explore the speaker’s childhood, touching on themes of family dynamics, memory, and loss. This poem originally appeared in Dove’s 1989 collection Grace Notes. 

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