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ARACHNE by WILLIAM EMPSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: TWIXT DEVIL AND DEEP SEA, MAN HACKS HIS CAVES
Last Line: MALE SPIDERS MUST NOT BE TOO EARLY SLAIN
Subject(s): INSECTS; SPIDERS;

Poem Sources:

THE OXFORD BOOK OF MODERN VERSE, 1892-1935.
  YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER (ED.)
  (1937)
 
INVITATION TO POETRY; A ROUND OF POEMS FROM JOHN SKELTON TO DYLAN THOMAS ARRANGED WITH COMMENTS.
  FRANKENBERG, LLOYD (ED.)
  (1956)
 
MODERN VERSE IN ENGLISH 1900-1950.
  CECIL, DAVID, & TATE, ALLEN (EDS.)
  (1958)
 
RECENT POETRY, 1923-1933.
  MONRO, ALIDA (ED.)
  (1933)
 
THE COMPLETE POEMS OF WILLIAM EMPSON. EDITED BY JOHN HAFFENDEN.
  EMPSON, WILLIAM
  (2000)
 



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