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THOUSAND AND SECOND NIGHT by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: ISTANBUL. 21 MARCH. I WOKE TODAY
Last Line: HE SLEPT THROUGH MOONSET, WOKE IN BLINDING SUN, %TOO LATE TO QUESTION WHAT THE TALE HAD MEANT

Poem Sources:

THE NEW YORKER BOOK OF POEMS; SELECTED BY THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORKER.
  (1969)
 
FROM THE FIRST NINE; POEMS, 1946-1976.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1982)
 
SELECTED POEMS, 1946 - 1985.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1993)
 
COLLECTED POEMS. EDITED BY J.D. MCCLATCHY AND STEPHEN YENSER.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (2001)
 



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