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TALES OF THE ISLAND: 5. 'MOEURS ANCIENNES.' by DEREK WALCOTT

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THE FETE TOOK PLACE ONE MORNING IN THE HEIGHTS
Last Line: GREAT STUFF, OLD BOY; SACRIFICE, MOMENTS OF TRUTH

Poem Sources:

THE OXFORD BOOK OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY ENGLISH VERSE.
  LARKIN, PHILIP (ED.)
  (1973)
 
CARRIBEAN VOICES. COMBINED EDITION.
  FIGUEROA, JOHN (ED.)
  (1971)
 
COLLECTED POEMS: 1948-1984.
  WALCOTT, DEREK
  (1986)
 



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