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HOUSE ON A CLIFF by FREDERICK LOUIS MACNEICE

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: INDOORS THE TANG OF A TINY OIL LAMP. OUTDOORS
Last Line: INDOORS A PURPOSEFUL MAN WHO TALKS AT CROSS %PURPOSES, TO HIMSELF, IN A BROKEN SLEEP

Poem Sources:

THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF IRISH VERSE.
  KINSELLA, THOMAS (ED. & TR.)
  (1986)
 
MODERN IRISH POETRY; AN ANTHOLOGY
  CROTTY, PETER (ED.)
  (1995)
 
THE NEW PENGUIN BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE.
  KEEGAN, PAUL (ED.)
  (2001)
 



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