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THINKING ABOUT SHELLEY by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: ARM OVER ARM I SWAM OUT INTO THE RAIN
Last Line: I DRAGGED MY BODY UP AND ALIVE, %TO THE SMALL LANDING UNDER THE FLOWERING HIGHWAY, %FULL OF SILENCE

Poem Sources:

LEAVING ANOTHER KINGDOM; SELECTED POEMS.
  STERN, GERALD
  (1990)
 



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