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    Jan 23, 2013, 04:14 PM
    What is the correct word in the poem 'My Parents'?
    In Stephen Spender's poem, 'My Parents', the fourth line of the first stanza is written as 'And climbed cliffs and tripped by country streams' in the CIE approved book Songs of Ourselves. However, I have found many other incidences where 'tripped' had been replaced by 'stripped'. Could someone confirm the correct wording please? I have checked online and it is still unclear. Thanks. Adrian.
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    Jan 23, 2013, 04:33 PM
    Here's the author reading his poem --

    Stephen Spender "My Parents Kept Me From Children Who Were Rough" Poem animation - YouTube

    So, "stripping" as in taking off clothes to splash in the creek.
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    Jan 23, 2013, 05:56 PM
    Thanks so much. I must have missed the reading by him. Fantastic. Appreciate the prompt response.
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