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METRIC FIGURE (3) by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: VEILS OF CLARITY
Last Line: BENEATH THE ADVANCING RIPPLES.
Subject(s): SEASHORE;

Veils of clarity
have succeeded
veils of color
that wove
as the sea
sliding above
submerged whiteness.

Veils of clarity
reveal sand
glistening --
falling away
to an edge --
sliding
beneath the advancing ripples.



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