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SAINT JOHN AND THE BACK-ACHE by WALLACE STEVENS

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THE MIND IS THE TERRIBLEST FORCE IN THE WORLD, FATHER
Last Line: PRESENCE LIES FAR TOO DEEP, FOR ME TO KNOW %ITS IRRATIONAL REACTION, AS FROM PAIN

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)
 
COLLECTED POETRY AND PROSE. EDITED BY FRANK KERMODE AND JOAN RICHARDSON.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1997)
 



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