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THE ROOM by CONRAD AIKEN

Poet Analysis

First Line: Through that window—all else being extinct
Last Line: I will praise darkness now, but then the leaf
Subject(s): WAR; TREES; CREATION;
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https://books.google.com/books?id=JDwaGsTdhDIC&pg=PA291&lpg=PA291&dq=AIKEN+%22Through+that+window%E2%80%94all+else+being+extinct%22&source=bl&ots=lGNkVFN7mv&sig=_ObdnF9pPp8t07F4A1IdeOabk9s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCr_HoyI7MAhXEXh4KHXEoBHQQ6AEIJjAB#v=onepage&q=AIKEN%20%22Through%20that%20window%E2%80%94all%20else%20being%20extinct%22&f=false


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