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PRISM (A PAPERWEIGHT) by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: HAVING LATELY TAKEN UP RESIDENCE
Last Line: THE DAY IS BREAKING SOMEONE ELSE'S HEART

Poem Sources:

FROM THE FIRST NINE; POEMS, 1946-1976.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1982)
 
COLLECTED POEMS. EDITED BY J.D. MCCLATCHY AND STEPHEN YENSER.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (2001)
 



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