Horizons of Rooms Summary
W. S. Merwin

Horizons of Rooms Summary

"The Horizons of Rooms," from W. S. Merwin's 1988 collection The Rain In the Trees, published in New York City, is a solid example of the late style of one of the twentieth century's most influential poets. Merwin's work began in his postcollege years in the 1950s with a strong, intellectual mastery of the classical poetic forms. By the time of his 1967 collection, The Lice, he had developed a unique voice: terse and angry...

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