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TWO VERSIONS OF THE SAME POEM, THAT WHICH CANNOT BE FIXED: 1 by WALLACE STEVENS

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: ONCE MORE HE TURNED TO THAT WHICH COULD NOT BE FIXED
Last Line: WHICH WAS REALIZED, LIKE REASON'S CONSTANT RUIN. %SLEEP DEEP, GOOD EEL, IN YOUR PERVERSE MARINE

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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