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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COLLOQUY WITH A POLISH AUNT, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How is it that my saints from voragine Last Line: Holding their books toward the nearer stars, / to read, in secret, burning secrecies..... Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy | |||
File savait toutes Us Mgendes Elle savait toutes les l??gendes du Paradis et tous les contes du Paradis et tons Us contes de de la Pologne. Revue des Deux Mondes la Pologne. She REVUE DES DEUX MONDES How is it that my saints from Voragine, SHE In their embroidered slippers, touch your spleen? How is it that my saints from Voragine, He In their embroidered slippers, touch your spleen? Old pantaloons, duenna of the spring! HE She Old pantaloons, duenna of the spring! Imagination is the will of things . . . . SHE Thus, on the basis of the common drudge, Imagination is the will of things. . . . You dream of women, swathed in indigo, Thus, on the basis of the common drudge. Holding their books toward the nearer stars, You dream of women, swathed in indigo. To read, in secret, burning secrecies . . . . Holding their books toward the nearer stars. To read, in secret, burning secrecies. . . . | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IMAGINED COPPERHEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL IMAGINARY TROUBLE by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV ON THE MEETING OF GARCIA LORCA AND HART CRANE by PHILIP LEVINE A DISH OF PEACHES IN RUSSIA by WALLACE STEVENS |
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