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RIP VAN WINKLE by BILLY COLLINS

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE ILLUSTRATIONS ALWAYS PORTRAY HIM OUTDOORS
Last Line: AS I OPEN MY EYES AFTER A PALTRY EIGHT HOURS %POINTLESSLY ALERT, GAUDY WITH CONSCIOUSNESS

Poem Sources:

QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS; POEMS.
  COLLINS, BILLY
  (1991)
 



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