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NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: AND THE GREAT SHATTERING COLD WAVES
Last Line: IT AND WOULD NOT TRADE IT FOR ALL YOUR PRINCELY HEART.
Subject(s): ANGER; ITALY; WISHES; ITALIANS;
And the great shattering cold waves
On Good Harbor Bay, the sea permanently bleak;
a squall line a hundred miles long, the island a dull
ugly green, and only one brief sweep of yellow light.

It is nearly against nature and that is why I love
it and would not trade it for all your princely heart.



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