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CHAIN by ROBERT CREELEY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: HAD THEY TOLD YOU, YOU
Last Line: CHAIN ROUND MY NECK, MY %INEXORABLY BOUND BIRTH, THE SWEET %CLOSED CURVE OF FADING LIFE?

Poem Sources:

THE BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL, V40#4, SUMMER /90.
  (1990)
 
ECHOES.
  CREELEY, ROBERT
  (1993)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  CREELEY, ROBERT
  (1991)
 
JUST IN TIME; POEMS, 1984-1994.
  CREELEY, ROBERT
  (2001)
 



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