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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: The Summer I Was Sixteen

For Students 9th - 10th
This five-stanza non-prose autobiographical piece shares what the poet reminsces about her sixteenth year in the early 1960's.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: The Summer I Was Sixteen

For Students 9th - 10th
This five-stanza poem describes life as a teenager hanging out with friends at the swimming pool.