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AIR by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: NATURALLY IT IS NIGHT
Last Line: WALKING AT NIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO DESERTS, %SINGING

Poem Sources:

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 4TH ED.
  POULIN, A., JR. (ED.)
  (1985)
 
NAKED POETRY; RECENT AMERICAN POETRY IN OPEN FORMS.
  BERG, STEPHEN, & MEZEY, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1969)
 
THE SECOND FOUR BOOKS OF POEMS.
  MERWIN, W. S.
  (1993)
 



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