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NIGHTS IN THE GARDENS OF PORT OF SPAIN by DEREK WALCOTT

Poet Analysis

First Line: NIGHT, OUR BLACK SUMMER, SIMPLIFIES HER SMELLS
Last Line: AS DAYLIGHT BREAKS THE COOLIE TURNS HIS TUMBRIL %OF HACKED, BEHEADED COCONUTS TOWARDS HOME
Subject(s): TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
COLLECTED POEMS: 1948-1984.
  WALCOTT, DEREK
  (1986)
 



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