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SNOWBANKS NORTH OF THE HOUSE by ROBERT BLY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOSE GREAT SWEEPS OF SNOW THAT STOP SUDDENLY SIX FEET FROM THE HOUSE
Last Line: NO ONE KNOWS WHY HE CAME, OR WHY HE TURNED AWAY, AND DID NOT CLIMB THE HILL
Subject(s): MEN;

Poem Sources:

LONGMAN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  FRIEBERT, STUART, & YOUNG, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1989)
 
THE RAG AND BONE SHOP OF THE HEART; POEMS FOR MEN.
  BLY, ROBERT, & HILLMAN, JAMES, & MEADE, MICHAEL (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  BLY, ROBERT
  (1986)
 
MAN IN THE BLACK COAT TURNS.
  BLY, ROBERT
  (1981)
 



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