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LYING by RICHARD WILBUR

Poet Analysis

First Line: TO CLAIM, AT A DEAD PARTY, TO HAVE SPOTTED A GRACKLE
Last Line: WAS FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, AND SHAMED THE DEVIL

Poem Sources:

BREAD LOAF ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. EDITED BY ROBERT PACK, SYDNEY LEA, AND JAY PARINI.
  PACK, ROBERT (ED.)
  (1985)
 
SINGULAR VOICES; AMERICAN POETRY TODAY.
  BERG, STEPHEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
HARVARD BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  VENDLER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 1989.
  HALL, DONALD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE BEST OF THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY, 1988-1997.
  BLOOM, HAROLD (ED.)
  (1998)
 
NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS.
  WILBUR, RICHARD
  (1988)
 



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