Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 6 by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

Poet Analysis

First Line: FRIDAY. CLEAR. COOL. THIS IS YOUR DAY. STENDHAL
Last Line: IS SWEETEST THERE. THE AIR IS VERY SWEET

Poem Sources:

FROM THE FIRST NINE; POEMS, 1946-1976.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1982)
 
SELECTED POEMS, 1946 - 1985.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1993)
 



Home: PoetryExplorer.net