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How does Updike bring meaning to the poem, "Ex-Basketball Player," and to the character by naming him Flick?
poetic devices of John Updike in "The Ex-Basketball Player"
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Once the star of the local high school basketball team, Flick, in John Updike's poem "Ex-Basketball Player" fulfills the metaphoric meaning of his name and is stellar only for a brief "flick" of...
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