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SOONEST MENDED by JOHN ASHBERY

Poet Analysis

First Line: BARELY TOLERATED, LIVING ON THE MARGIN
Last Line: TO THE MOORING OF STARTING OUT, THAT DAY SO LONG AGO

Poem Sources:

BRITISH AND AMERICAN POETS; CHAUCER TO THE PRESENT.
  BATE, W. JACKSON, & PERKINS, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1986)
 
VINTAGE BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  MCCLATCHY, J. D. (ED.)
  (1990)
 
HARVARD BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  VENDLER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: VOLUME 2.
  (1994)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1985)
 
THE MOORING OF STARTING OUT; THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF POETRY.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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