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ELEGY FOR MY FATHER: 6. THE NEW YEAR by MARK STRAND

Poet Analysis

First Line: IT IS WINTER AND THE NEW YEAR
Last Line: BECAUSE IT IS WINTER AND THE NEW YEAR
Subject(s): FATHERS; HOLIDAYS; NEW YEAR;

Poem Sources:

POET'S CHOICE; 100 AMERICAN POET'S FAVORITE POEMS.
  MURPHY, JR., GEORGE E. (ED.)
  (1980)
 
LONGMAN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  FRIEBERT, STUART, & YOUNG, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1989)
 
HARVARD BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  VENDLER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 



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