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BOAT by MARY OLIVER

Poet Analysis

First Line: I THINK A GREAT DEAL ABOUT SHELLEY'S BOAT, A LITTLE WORLD
Last Line: WE POSSIBLY SAY OF DEATH, THAT BLACK LEAF, THAT HAS IN IT ANY %BELIEVABLE FINALITY?

Poem Sources:

WINTER HOURS; PROSE, PROSE POEMS, AND POEMS.
  OLIVER, MARY
  (1999)
 



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