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TWENTY-ONE LOVE POEMS: 9 by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: YOUR SILENCE TODAY IS A POND WHERE DROWNED THINGS LIVE
Last Line: FOR YOU, WHO HAVE OFTEN MADE THE UNNAMEABLE %NAMEABLE FOR OTHERS, EVEN FOR ME

Poem Sources:

ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN AMERICAN POETRY.
  NELSON, CARY (ED.)
  (2000)
 
THE DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE; POEMS, 1974-1977.
  RICH, ADRIENNE
  (1978)
 
THE FACT OF A DOORFRAME.
  RICH, ADRIENNE
  (1994)
 



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