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THINGS by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: POSSESSOR %AT THE APPROACH OF WINTER WE ARE THERE
Last Line: WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO PLEASE, WE HAVE SOME BEAUTY, WE ARE HELPLESS, %DEPEND ON US

Poem Sources:

HARPER ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY.
  NIMS, JOHN FREDERICK (ED.)
  (1981)
 
THE SECOND FOUR BOOKS OF POEMS.
  MERWIN, W. S.
  (1993)
 
MOVING TARGET.
  MERWIN, W. S.
  (1963)
 



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