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BIRDWATCHERS OF AMERICA by ANTHONY HECHT

Poet Analysis

First Line: IT'S ALL VERY WELL TO DREAM OF A DOVE THAT SAVES
Last Line: WITH A LIGHT FROST, CROUCHED AN OUTRAGEOUS BIRD

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN VERSE.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1976)
 
COLLECTED EARLIER POEMS.
  HECHT, ANTHONY
  (1990)
 



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