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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PLACE OF THE SOLITAIRES, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let the place of the solitaires Last Line: Which is to be a place of perpetual undulation | |||
Let the place of the solitaires Let the place of the solitaires Be a place of perpetual undulation. Be a place of perpetual undulation. Whether it be in mid-sea Whether it be in mid-sea On the dark, green water-wheel, On the dark, green water-wheel, Or on the beaches, Or on the beaches, There must be no cessation There must be no cessation Of motion, or of the noise of motion, Of motion, or of the noise of motion, The renewal of noise The renewal of noise And manifold continuation; And manifold continuation; And, most, of the motion of thought And, most, of the motion of thought And its restless iteration, And its restless iteration, In the place of the solitaires, In the place of the solitaires, Which is to be a place of perpetual undulation. Which is to be a place of perpetual undulation. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A ROOM ON A GARDEN by WALLACE STEVENS BALLADE OF THE PINK PARASOL by WALLACE STEVENS EXPOSITION OF THE CONTENTS OF A CAB by WALLACE STEVENS LETTRES D'UN SOLDAT (1914-1915) by WALLACE STEVENS O FLORIDA, VENEREAL SOIL by WALLACE STEVENS |
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