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MAN ALONE by LOUISE BOGAN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: IT IS YOURSELF YOU SEEK
Last Line: STRANGERS LIE IN YOUR ARMS, %AS I LIE LOW

Poem Sources:

THE NEW YORKER BOOK OF VERSE.
  (1935)
 
THE NEW YORKER BOOK OF POEMS; SELECTED BY THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORKER.
  (1969)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. SHORTER FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1997)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1996)
 



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