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COMPANIONS by HOWARD NEMEROV

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE USED TO BE GODS IN EVERYTHING, AND NOW THER'RE GONE
Last Line: NOR READ THE GLOWWORM'S CONSTELLATIONS WHEN THEY GLISTEN

Poem Sources:

THE NEW YORKER BOOK OF POEMS; SELECTED BY THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORKER.
  (1969)
 



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