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Classic and Contemporary Poetry

FIVE INSCRIPTIONS: 2. COPIED ONTO THE THING ITSELF by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

Poet Analysis

First Line: ALTHOUGH THE GINGKO'S OLDER FAR
Last Line: THIS LEAF IS ART NOUVEAU

Poem Sources:

COLLECTED POEMS. EDITED BY J.D. MCCLATCHY AND STEPHEN YENSER.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (2001)