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DEFINITION OF BLUE by JOHN ASHBERY

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First Line: THE RISE OF CAPITALISM PARALLELS THE ADVANCE OF ROMANTICISM
Last Line: WAKEN EACH MORNING TO THE EXACT VALUE OF WHAT YOU DID AND SAID, WHICH REMAINS

Poem Sources:

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 4TH ED.
  POULIN, A., JR. (ED.)
  (1985)
 
EPISODES IN FIVE POETIC TRADITIONS.
  BARNES, R.G. (ED.)
  (1972)
 
THE MOORING OF STARTING OUT; THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF POETRY.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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