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AUGUST RAIN by ROBERT BLY

Poet Analysis

First Line: AFTER A MONTH AND A HALF WITHOUT RAIN, AT LAST, IN LATE AUGUST
Last Line: THE HOLE OPEN THAT LETS THE WATER IN AT LAST

Poem Sources:

SINGULAR VOICES; AMERICAN POETRY TODAY.
  BERG, STEPHEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
LONGMAN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  FRIEBERT, STUART, & YOUNG, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1989)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  BLY, ROBERT
  (1986)
 



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