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LILIES BREAK OPEN OVER THE DARK WATER by MARY OLIVER

Poet Analysis

First Line: INSIDE %THAT MUD-HIVE, THAT GAS-SPONGE
Last Line: AND SO, DEAR SORROW, ARE YOU

Poem Sources:

ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN AMERICAN POETRY.
  NELSON, CARY (ED.)
  (2000)
 
HOUSE OF LIGHT.
  OLIVER, MARY
  (1990)
 
NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  OLIVER, MARY
  (1992)
 



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