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MEETING by LOUISE BOGAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: FOR YEARS I THOUGHT I KNEW, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DREAM
Last Line: BITTER COMPLIANCE! LIKE A FAITHLESS BROTHER %YOU TAKE AND DROP MY HAND

Poem Sources:

MODERN POEMS. EDITED BY RICHARD ELLMANN AND ROBERT O'CLAIR.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
THE NEW YORKER BOOK OF POEMS; SELECTED BY THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORKER.
  (1969)
 
NEW POEMS BY AMERICAN POETS, #2.
  HUMPHRIES, ROLFE (ED.)
  (1957)
 



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