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SYRINGA by JOHN ASHBERY

Poet Analysis

First Line: ORPHEUS LIKED THE GLAD PERSONAL QUALITY
Last Line: IN SOME SMALL TOWN, ONE INDIFFERENT SUMMER

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
VINTAGE BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  MCCLATCHY, J. D. (ED.)
  (1990)
 
HARVARD BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  VENDLER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: VOLUME 2.
  (1994)
 
AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1950: INNOVATORS AND OUTSIDERS.
  WEINBERGER, ELIOT (ED.)
  (1993)
 
ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN AMERICAN POETRY.
  NELSON, CARY (ED.)
  (2000)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1985)
 



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