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DACHSHUNDS by WILLIAM JAY SMITH

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THE DACHSHUND LEADS A QUIET LIFE
Last Line: SEE PLANETS WHEELING OVERHEAD, %MYSTERIOUS AND SLOW %WHILE MORNING BUCKLES ON HIS RED, %AND ON THE D

Poem Sources:

THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN LIGHT VERSE.
  HARMON, WILLIAM (ED.)
  (1979)
 
COLLECTED POEMS; 1939-1989.
  SMITH, WILLIAM JAY
  (1990)
 
THE WORLD BELOW THE WINDOW; POEMS, 1937-1997.
  SMITH, WILLIAM JAY
  (1998)
 



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