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POLISH RIDER by DEREK WALCOTT

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THE GREY HORSE, DEATH, IN PROFILE BEARS THE YOUNG TITUS
Last Line: THE IMMORTAL IMAGE HOLDS ITS MURDERER %IN A CLEAR GAZE FOR THE NEXT AGE TO READ

Poem Sources:

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)
 
COLLECTED POEMS: 1948-1984.
  WALCOTT, DEREK
  (1986)
 



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