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SEPARATE WAY (5 - 4) by CHARLES REZNIKOFF

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE WATER IS FREEZING IN STRAIGHT LINES ACROSS THE RIPPLES
Last Line: ONLY THE TIRED WALKER KNOWS HOW MUCH THERE IS TO CLIMB, %HOWTHE SIDEWALK CURVES INTO THE COLD WIND

Poem Sources:

POEMS 1918-1975; THE COMPLETE POEMS. SEAMUS COONEY (ED.)
  REZNIKOFF, CHARLES
  (1995)