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TO AN AMERICAN POET JUST DEAD by RICHARD WILBUR

Poet Analysis

First Line: IN THE BOSTON SUNDAY HERALD JUST THREE LINES
Last Line: IT'S JUST AS WELL THAT NOW YOU SAVE YOUR BREATH
Subject(s): POETRY AND POETS; SUBURBS;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON BOOK OF LIGHT VERSE.
  BAKER, RUSSELL (ED.)
  (1986)
 
HARVARD BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  VENDLER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. 3RD ED. ED, BY ALEXANDER ALLISON, BLAKE HERBERT, ET AL.
  ALLISON, ALEXANDER (ED.)
  (1983)
 
NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS.
  WILBUR, RICHARD
  (1988)
 



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