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TENNIS COURT OATH by JOHN ASHBERY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT HAD YOU BEEN THINKING ABOUT
Last Line: LILACS BLOWING ACROSS HIS FACE GLAD HE BROUGHT YOU

Poem Sources:

MODERN POEMS. EDITED BY RICHARD ELLMANN AND ROBERT O'CLAIR.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
SURVEY OF AMERICAN POETRY. VOLUME X: MID CENTURY TO 1984; GENERAL INDEXES.
  (1986)
 
THE MOORING OF STARTING OUT; THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF POETRY.
  ASHBERY, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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