Deep Woods Summary
Howard Nemerov

Deep Woods Summary

"Deep Woods" first appeared in The Salt Garden, Howard Nemerov's third collection of poetry, published by Little, Brown and Company, in 1955. Most critics agree that this book presented a turning point in the poet's focus and style, that it showed his poetic talent as unified and less rigid than the previous academic and heavily metered verse. "Deep Woods" is the final poem in the collection, and it aptly concludes a book in which...

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