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TWO DOUBLE DACTYLS: 1. ABOVE ALL THAT? by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

Poet Analysis

First Line: HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY %MARY OF MAGDALA
Last Line: SIMPLE AMOEBA OR GASTEROPOD.'

Poem Sources:

JIGGERY-POKERY; A COMPENDIUM OF DOUBLE DACTYLS.
  HECHT, ANTHONY, & HOLLANDER, JOHN (EDS.)
  (1983)
 
COLLECTED POEMS. EDITED BY J.D. MCCLATCHY AND STEPHEN YENSER.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (2001)
 



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