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VARIATIONS, CALYPSO AND FUGUE ON A THEME OF ELLA WHEELER WILCOX by JOHN ASHBERY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: FOR THE PLEASURES OF THE MANY
Last Line: I WILL TELL YOU NOTHING! NOTHING, DO YOU HEAR? HE SHRIEKED. GO AWAY! GO AWAY!

Poem Sources:

SELECTED POEMS.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1985)
 
THE MOORING OF STARTING OUT; THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF POETRY.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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