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LAST ONE by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: WELL THEY'D MADE UP THEIR MINDS TO BE EVERYWHERE BECAUSE WHY NOT
Last Line: THE LUCKY ONES WITH THEIR SHADOWS
Subject(s): ENVIRONMENT;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
LONGMAN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  FRIEBERT, STUART, & YOUNG, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1989)
 
POETRY; A HARPERCOLLINS POCKET ANTHOLOGY.
  GWYNN, R.S. (ED.)
  (1993)
 
A CHILD'S ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. EDITED BY ELIZABETH HAUGHE SWORD WITH VICTORIA FLOURNOY MCCARTHY.
  SWORD, ELIZABETH HAUGE (ED.)
  (1995)
 
EARTH TOOK EARTH; A GOLDEN ECCO ANTHOLOGY.
  GRAHAM, JORIE (ED.)
  (1996)
 
THE SECOND FOUR BOOKS OF POEMS.
  MERWIN, W. S.
  (1993)
 



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