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WATERBIRD by MAY SWENSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: PART OTTER, PART SNAKE, PART BIRD THE BIRD ANHINGA
Last Line: TIPPED WING FANS SPREAD, TAIL A SHUT FAN DANGLED
Subject(s): ANHINGA;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
NATURE: POEMS OLD AND NEW.
  SWENSON, MAY
  (1994)
 



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