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DECEMBER BLUES by ROBERT PINSKY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: AT THE BAD TIME, NOTHING BETRAYS OUTWARDLY THE HARSH FINDINGS
Last Line: CONSCIOUSLY AT BAY, OH LITTLE TOWN, ENVELOPED IN UNEASE

Poem Sources:

MORROW ANTHOLOGY OF YOUNGER AMERICAN POETS.
  SMITH, DAVE, & BOTTOMS, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1985)
 
THE FIGURED WHEEL: NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS, 1966 - 1996.
  PINSKY, ROBERT
  (1996)
 
SADNESS AND HAPPINESS.
  PINSKY, ROBERT
  (1975)
 



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