Tip #6 from the Basic debugging checklist ... B::Deparse:

% perl -MO=Deparse -MCPAN -e 'install Text::ParseWords'
use CPAN;
'Text::ParseWords'->install;
-e syntax OK

 % perl -MO=Deparse -MCPAN -e 'install "Text::ParseWords"'
use CPAN;
install('Text::ParseWords');
-e syntax OK
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Can you try this instead?

% cpan Text::ParseWords
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