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FLYING CROOKED by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE BUTTERLY, THE CABBAGE-WHITE
Last Line: EVEN THE AROBATIC SWIFT %HAS NOT HIS FLYING-CROOKED GIFT
Subject(s): BUTTERFLIES; INSECTS;

Poem Sources:

A LITTLE TREASURY OF MODERN POETRY; ENGLISH & AMERICAN. REVISED EDITION.
  WILLIAMS, OSCAR (ED.)
  (1950)
 
THE RATTLE BAG.
  HEANEY, SEAMUS, & HUGHES, TED (EDS.)
  (1982)
 
THE OXFORD BOOK OF SHORT POEMS.
  (1985)
 
THE MODERN POETS; AN AMERICAN-BRITISH ANTHOLOGY. 2ND EDITION.
  BRINNIN, JOHN MALCOLM, & READ, BILL (EDS.)
  (1970)
 
THE BLOODAXE BOOK OF 20TH CENTURY POETRY; FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
  LONGLEY, EDNA (ED.)
  (2000)
 
THE FABER BOOK OF MODERN VERSE. NEW ED.
  ROBERTS, MICHAEL (ED.)
  (1951)
 



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