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SKATERS: 4 by JOHN ASHBERY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THE WIND THRASHES THE MAPLE SEED-PODS
Last Line: IN PERFECT ORDER: TAURUS, LEO, GEMINI

Poem Sources:

AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1950: INNOVATORS AND OUTSIDERS.
  WEINBERGER, ELIOT (ED.)
  (1993)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1985)
 
THE MOORING OF STARTING OUT; THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF POETRY.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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