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SUNSHINE by AMY LOWELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE POOL IS EDGED WITH BLADE-LIKE LEAVES OF IRISES
Last Line: Of sharp gold wire
Subject(s): POOLS; POETRY & POETS;
The pool is edged with the blade-like leaves of irises.
If I throw a stone into the placid water
It suddenly stiffens
Into rings and rings
Of sharp gold wire.



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