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TWO FIGURES IN DENSE VIOLET LIGHT by WALLACE STEVENS

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAD AS LIEF BE EMBRACED BY THE PORTER AT THE HOTEL
Last Line: ARE CLEAR AND ARE OBSCURE; THAT IT IS NIGHT; %THAT THE MOON SHINES

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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