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ESSAY by WILLIAM EMPSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE WIDE ARCH OF FREE STONES THAT DID NOT FALL
Last Line: YOU SET OFF WITH NO HOPE OF RIDING ROUND

Poem Sources:

THE COMPLETE POEMS OF WILLIAM EMPSON. EDITED BY JOHN HAFFENDEN.
  EMPSON, WILLIAM
  (2000)
 



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