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ON THE WAY TO THE ISLAND by DAVID FERRY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: AFTER WE FLED AWAY FROM THE SHUDDERING DOCK
Last Line: THEIR INNOCENT FRIGHTENING SCALES IN THE DARK!

Poem Sources:

NEW POEMS BY AMERICAN POETS, #2.
  HUMPHRIES, ROLFE (ED.)
  (1957)
 
OF NO COUNTRY I KNOW; NEW AND SELECTED POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS.
  FERRY, DAVID
  (1999)
 



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