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IN A BAD TIME by WALLACE STEVENS

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: HOW MAD WOULD HE HAVE TO BE TO SAY, HE BEHELD
Last Line: CRY OUT, 'I AM THE PURPLE MUSE.' MAKE SURE %THE AUDIENCE BEHOLDS YOU, NOT YOUR GOWN

Poem Sources:

PALM AT THE END OF THE MIND; SELECTED POEMS AND A PLAY. HOLLY STEVENS (ED.)
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1990)
 
COLLECTED POEMS OF WALLACE STEVENS.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1990)
 
COLLECTED POETRY AND PROSE. EDITED BY FRANK KERMODE AND JOAN RICHARDSON.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1997)
 



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