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HOUSE WAS QUIET AND THE WORLD WAS CALM by WALLACE STEVENS

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

Last Line: IS THE READER LEANING LATE AND READING THERE

Poem Sources:

HARPER ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY.
  NIMS, JOHN FREDERICK (ED.)
  (1981)
 
THE MCGRAW-HILL BOOK OF POETRY.
  DIYANNI, ROBERT & ROMPF, KRAFT (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
POEMS BY FAVORITE POETS IN LARGE PRINT.
  LEWIS, LESLE (ED.)
  (1992)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. 3RD ED. ED, BY ALEXANDER ALLISON, BLAKE HERBERT, ET AL.
  ALLISON, ALEXANDER (ED.)
  (1983)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
PALM AT THE END OF THE MIND; SELECTED POEMS AND A PLAY. HOLLY STEVENS (ED.)
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1990)
 
COLLECTED POEMS OF WALLACE STEVENS.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1990)
 
STEVENS.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1993)
 
COLLECTED POETRY AND PROSE. EDITED BY FRANK KERMODE AND JOAN RICHARDSON.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1997)
 



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