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LIGHTS OUT by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE COME TO THE BORDERS OF SLEEP
Last Line: THAT I MAY LOSE MY WAY %AND MYSELF
Subject(s): LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; SLEEP; WORLD WAR I;

Poem Sources:

THE OXFORD ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH POETRY; VOL. 2, BLAKE TO HEANEY.
  WAIN, JOHN (COMP. & ED.)
  (1986)
 
LOST VOICES OF WORLD WAR I.
  CROSS, TIM (ED.)
  (1989)
 
POETRY OF THE WORLD WARS.
  FOSS, MICHAEL (ED.)
  (1990)
 
THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE, 1250-1950.
  GARDNER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1972)
 
WORLD POETRY; AN ANTHOLOGY OF VERSE FROM ANTIQUITY TO OUR TIME. KATHARINE WASHBURN & JOHN S. MAJORS, EDITORS. CLIFTON FADIMAN, GENERAL EDITOR.
  WASHBURN, KATHARINE (ED.)
  (1998)
 
THE BLOODAXE BOOK OF 20TH CENTURY POETRY; FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
  LONGLEY, EDNA (ED.)
  (2000)
 
SEASONS OF LIFE; A POETIC ANTHOLOGY. COMPILED BY NIGEL COLLINS. EDITED BY JIM HERRICK AND JOHN PEARCE.
  COLLINS, NIGEL (COMP.)
  (2000)
 
COLLECTED ENGLISH VERSE.
  BOTTRALL, MARGARET (ED.)
  (1946)
 
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF EDWARD THOMAS. R. GEORGE THOMAS (ED.)
  THOMAS, EDWARD
  (1978)
 



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