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FAMOUS SCENE by MARK STRAND

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE POLISHED SCARLETS OF SUNSET SINK AS FAILURE
Last Line: TALKING ALOUD TO OURSELVES, REPEATING THE WORDS %THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN USED TO DESCRIBE OUR FATE

Poem Sources:

THE NEW YORKER, V63#6, MARCH 30/87.
  (1987)
 
CONTINUOUS LIFE.
  STRAND, MARK
  (1990)
 



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