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WATCHING THE DANCE: 2. DISCOTHEQUE by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

Poet Analysis

First Line: HAVING SURVIVED ENTIRELY YOUR OWN YOUTH
Last Line: A TEENAGE PLANKTON LUMINOUSLY TWITCH
Subject(s): DANCING AND DANCERS;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON INTRODUCTION TO POETRY. SIXTH EDITION.
  HUNTER, J. PAUL (ED.)
  (1995)
 
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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