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RIVER POEM (2) by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THIS OLD MAN HAD LAVENDER SKIN, A HANDKERCHIEF
Last Line: BUT THE RIVER DID NOT VANISH, OR NOT THEN AT LEAST

Poem Sources:

COLLECTED POEMS. EDITED BY J.D. MCCLATCHY AND STEPHEN YENSER.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (2001)
 



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