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SAILING AFTER LUNCH by WALLACE STEVENS

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: IT IS THE WORD PEJORATIVE THAT HURTS
Last Line: AND THEN RUSH BRIGHTLY THROUGH THE SUMMER AIR

Poem Sources:

PALM AT THE END OF THE MIND; SELECTED POEMS AND A PLAY. HOLLY STEVENS (ED.)
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1990)
 
COLLECTED POEMS OF WALLACE STEVENS.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1990)
 
STEVENS.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1993)
 
COLLECTED POETRY AND PROSE. EDITED BY FRANK KERMODE AND JOAN RICHARDSON.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1997)
 



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