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SIRE by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE COMES THE SHADOW NOT LOOKING WHERE IT IS GOING
Last Line: WILL I FIND MYSELF TOMORROW?

Poem Sources:

NAKED POETRY; RECENT AMERICAN POETRY IN OPEN FORMS.
  BERG, STEPHEN, & MEZEY, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1969)
 
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETS; AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1940.
  STRAND, MARK (ED.)
  (1969)
 
THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETS; AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1940.
  STRAND, MARK (ED.)
  (2000)
 
THE SECOND FOUR BOOKS OF POEMS.
  MERWIN, W. S.
  (1993)
 
MOVING TARGET.
  MERWIN, W. S.
  (1963)
 



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