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DEAD HAND by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: TEMPTATIONS STILL NEST IN IT LIKE BASILISKS
Last Line: HANG IT UP TILL THE RINGS FALL

Poem Sources:

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 4TH ED.
  POULIN, A., JR. (ED.)
  (1985)
 
THE SECOND FOUR BOOKS OF POEMS.
  MERWIN, W. S.
  (1993)
 
MOVING TARGET.
  MERWIN, W. S.
  (1963)
 



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