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FIELD ASTERS by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: LIKE THE STARS IN COMMONS BLUE
Last Line: US STAR-GAZERS SCRUTINIZE.
Subject(s): ASTERS; FLOWERS;
Like the stars in commons blue
Peep their namesakes, Asters here,
Wild ones every autumn seen --
Seen of all, arresting few.

Seen indeed. But who their cheer
Interpret may, or what they mean
When so inscrutably their eyes
Us star-gazers scrutinize.



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