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LAST WORDS by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: MY LIFE, YOUR LIGHT GREEN EYES
Last Line: AND LIVES TO TELL YOU SO

Poem Sources:

SURVEY OF AMERICAN POETRY. VOLUME X: MID CENTURY TO 1984; GENERAL INDEXES.
  (1986)
 
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF THE SONNET; 500 YEARS OF CLASSIC TRADITION IN ENGLISH.
  LEVIN, PHILLIS (ED.)
  (2001)
 
POETRY, V166#6, SEPTEMBER /95.
  (1995)
 
FROM THE FIRST NINE; POEMS, 1946-1976.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1982)
 
SELECTED POEMS, 1946 - 1985.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1993)
 
COLLECTED POEMS. EDITED BY J.D. MCCLATCHY AND STEPHEN YENSER.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (2001)
 
FIRE SCREEN.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1969)
 



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