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SIMILE FOR HER SMILE by RICHARD WILBUR

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOUR SMILING, OR THE HOPE, THE THOUGHT OF IT
Last Line: THE RINGING OF CLEAR BELLS, THE DIP %AND SLOW CASCADING OF THE PADDLE WHEEL

Poem Sources:

HOW DOES A POEM MEAN?
  CIARDI, JOHN (ED.)
  (1960)
 
MID-CENTURY AMERICAN POETS.
  CIARDI, JOHN
  (1950)
 
NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS.
  WILBUR, RICHARD
  (1988)
 



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