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VISITING EMILY DICKINSON'S GRAVE WITH ROBERT FRANCIS by ROBERT BLY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE BLACK IRON FENCE CLOSES THE GRAVES IN
Last Line: AND WE CLAMBER OUT OF SLEEP, HOLDING ON TO IT WITH OUR HANDS
Subject(s): DICKINSON, EMILY (1830-1886); FRANCIS, ROBERT (1901-1987);

Poem Sources:

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 4TH ED.
  POULIN, A., JR. (ED.)
  (1985)
 
LONGMAN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  FRIEBERT, STUART, & YOUNG, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1989)
 
MAN IN THE BLACK COAT TURNS.
  BLY, ROBERT
  (1981)
 



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