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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THINGS, by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Possessor %at the approach of winter we are there Last Line: We do what we can to please, we have some beauty, we are helpless, %depend on us Alternate Author Name(s): Merwin, W. S. | |||
View Poem Text | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN THE LEAVES OF THE TREE HIDE THE SUN by DAVID IGNATOW THANKSGIVING DAY by LYDIA MARIA CHILD TO THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE [1611] by MICHAEL DRAYTON MY LITTLE DREAMS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGINE by MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS THE QUAKER GRAVEYARD by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL OVERTURE TO A DANCE OF LOCOMOTIVES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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