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STATUES by RICHARD WILBUR

Poet Analysis

First Line: THESE CHILDREN PLAYING AT STATUES FILL
Last Line: INTO AN ADAMANTINE SHAPELESSNESS, %STARES AT THE IMAGE OF HIS KINGDOM COME
Subject(s): STATUES;

Poem Sources:

EYE'S DELIGHT; POEMS OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE.
  PLOTZ, HELEN (COMP.)
  (1983)
 
TO PLAY MAN NUMBER ONE.
  HANNUM, SARA, & CHASE, JOHN TERRY (EDS.)
  (1969)
 
NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS.
  WILBUR, RICHARD
  (1988)
 



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