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SCALES by WILLIAM EMPSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE PROPER SCALE WOULD PAT YOU ON THE HEAD
Last Line: DELTA AND INDECISION, WHO INSTEAD %FAR BACK UP COUNTRY DOES ENORMOUS THINGS

Poem Sources:

A LITTLE TREASURY OF MODERN POETRY; ENGLISH & AMERICAN. REVISED EDITION.
  WILLIAMS, OSCAR (ED.)
  (1950)
 
CHIEF MODERN POETS OF BRITAIN AND AMERICA. 5TH EDITION. EDITED BY GERALD DEWITT SANDERS, JOHN HERBERT NELSON, AND M.L. ROSENTHAL.
  SANDERS, GERALD DEWITT (ED.)
  (1970)
 
THE COMPLETE POEMS OF WILLIAM EMPSON. EDITED BY JOHN HAFFENDEN.
  EMPSON, WILLIAM
  (2000)
 



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